Relationships between free living amoebae and Exophiala dermatitidis: A preliminary study

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-118

  Cateau, Estelle ^a   Mergey, Tiphaine ^a   Kauffmann Lacroix, Catherine ^a   Rodier, Marie Helene ^a,b  

^a POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Exophiala dermatitidis; Free living amoebae; Water

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HARTMANELLA VERMIFORMIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; SARCODINA; TROPHOZOITE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ECOSYSTEM; EXOPHIALA; FRESH WATER; HARTMANNELLA; HOSPITALS; WATER SUPPLY;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; CHAETOTHYRIALES; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 58149191327     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802545592     Document Type: Article

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