Biased genotype distributions of Candida albicans strains associated with vulvovaginal candidosis and candidal balanoposthitis in China

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1119-1125

  Li, Juan ^a   Fan, Shang Rong ^f   Liu, Xiao Ping ^f   Li, Dong Ming ^b   Nie, Zhen Hua ⁱ   Li, Fang ^c   Lin, Hua ^d   Huang, Wen Ming ^g   Zong, Li Li ^h   Jin, Jian Gang ^e   Lei, Hong ^e   Bai, Feng Yan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^e CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY SHENZHEN HOSPITAL   (China)

^g GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDAL BALANOPOSTHITIS; CHINA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENOTYPE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; VIRULENCE; VULVOVAGINAL CANDIDOSIS;

BALANITIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CHINA; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 53349175351     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592249     Document Type: Article

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