Environmental isolation of black yeast-like fungi involved in human infection

Studies in Mycology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2008, Pages 137-144

  Vicente, V A ^a   Attili Angelis, D ^b   Pie, M R ^a   Queiroz Telles, F ^a   Cruz, L M ^a   Najafzadeh, M J ^c   de Hoog, G S ^c   Zhao, J ^d   Pizzirani Kleiner, A ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Black yeasts; Chaetothyriales; Chromoblastomycosis; Enrichment; Environmental isolation; Opportunists; Phaeohyphomycosis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CHAETOTHYRIALES; CLADOPHIALOPHORA BANTIANA; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA JEANSELMEI; FONSECAEA PEDROSOI; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; PHIALOPHORA VERRUCOSA;

EID: 59249083441     PISSN: 01660616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3114/sim.2008.61.14     Document Type: Article

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