Aspergillus terreus complex

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Balajee, S Arunmozhi ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory conidia; Aspergillus terreus; Cryptic species

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; FUNGAL DNA; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; CONIDIUM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; ASPERGILLUS; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS TERREUS;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 67651096189     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802562092     Document Type: Review

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