Comparison of Candida albicans strain types among isolates from three countries

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 298, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 663-668

  Takakura, Shunji ^a   Ichiyama, Satoshi ^a   Bain, Judith M ^b   Davidson, Amanda D ^b   Jacobsen, Mette D ^b   Shaw, Duncan J ^b   Gow, Neil A R ^b   Odds, Frank C ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Japan; MLST; Molecular epidemiology; Strain typing

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CODON; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN;

BLOOD; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JAPAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VAGINA;

EID: 50049130293     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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