Investigation of some virulence factors of Trichosporon asahii strains isolated from the clinical samples of hospitalized patients;Hastanede yatan hastalann klinik örneklerinden izole edilen Trichosporon asahii suşlarinda bazi virulans faktörlerinin araştιrιlmasι

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-235

  Daǧ, Aydin ^a   Çerikçioǧlu, Nilgün ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Trichosporon asahii; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; ESTERASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NAIL; PATHOGENICITY; TONGUE; TRICHOSPORON; URINE; VIRULENCE;

ASCITIC FLUID; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESTERASES; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MYCOSES; NAILS; PHOSPHOLIPASES; TONGUE; TRICHOSPORON; URINE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 39049181301     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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