Rapid molecular differentiation and genotypic heterogeneity among Candida parapsilosis and Candida orthopsilosis strains isolated from clinical specimens in Kuwait

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 745-752

  Asadzadeh, Mohammad ^a   Ahmad, Suhail ^a   Al Sweih, Noura ^a   Khan, Zia U ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA METAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA ORTHOPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; KUWAIT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGEMIA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66449089538     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.008235-0     Document Type: Article

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