Molecular phylogenetics and epidemiology of candida albicans

Future Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-79

  Odds, Frank C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Chromosomal polymorphism; Epidemiology; Multilocus sequence typing; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

FURIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLADISTICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 75849135387     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.09.113     Document Type: Review

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