Comparison of multiple typing methods for Aspergillus fumigatus

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 643-650

  Vanhee, L M E ^a   Symoens, F ^b   Jacobsen, M D ^c   Nelis, H J ^a   Coenye, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Multilocus sequence typing (MLST); Short tandem repeat (STR) typing; Typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSATELLITE POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEQUENCE SPECIFIC DNA POLYMORPHISM; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 68249147599     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02844.x     Document Type: Article

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