Serotype and PCR-fingerprints of Clinical and Environmental isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Mycopathologia

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-31

  Sriburee, Pojana ^a   Khayhan, Sermkidj ^a   Khamwan, Chantana ^b   Panjaisee, Suchart ^b   Tharavichitkul, Prasit ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chiang Mai; Cryptococcus neoformans; serotype; Thailand

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EUCALYPTUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; THAILAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; EUCALYPTUS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 4444371206     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MYCO.0000038435.14281.f4     Document Type: Article

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