Two specific strains of histoplasma capsulatum causing mucocutaneous manifestations of histoplasmosis: Preliminary analysis of a frequent manifestation of histoplasmosis in Southern Brazil

Mycopathologia

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 181-186

  Goldani, Luciano Z ^a   Aquino, Valério R ^a   Lunardi, Luciano W ^a   Cunha, Vanessa S ^a   Santos, Rodrigo P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Clinical manifestations; Dermatotropism; Genetic diversity; Histoplasma capsulatum; Histoplasmosis; ITS; Latin America; Mucocutaneous; Skin; Strains; Typing

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 5.8S;

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 63149096684     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-008-9171-7     Document Type: Article

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