Evaluation of the experimental inoculation of Cryptococcus albidus and Cryptococcus laurentii in normal mice: Virulence factors and molecular profile before and after animal passage

Mycopathologia

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 59-72

  dos Santos Pedroso, Reginaldo ^a,b   Ferreira, Joseane Cristina ^a   Lavrador, Marco Aurélio Sicchiroli ^a   Maffei, Claudia Maria Leite ^a   Candido, Regina Celia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus albidus; Cryptococcus laurentii; Experimental infection; Molecular profile; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; MUS;

FUNGAL DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 69249213720     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-009-9202-z     Document Type: Article

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