Morphological, biochemical and molecular characterisation of the first Italian Candida africana isolate

Mycoses

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 454-457

  Romeo, Orazio ^a   Criseo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atypical strains; Candida africana; Candida albicans; Chlamydospore negative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANDIDA; CANDIDA AFRICANA; CHLAMYDOSPORE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VULVOVAGINITIS; YEAST;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA AFRICANA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 68749108617     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2008.01630.x     Document Type: Article

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