First isolations in India of Candida nivariensis, a globally emerging opportunistic pathogen

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 416-420

  Chowdhary, Anuradha ^a   Randhawa, H S ^a   Khan, Z U ^b   Ahmad, S ^b   Juneja, S ^a   Sharma, B ^c   Roy, P ^a   Sundar, G ^a   Joseph, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Candida nivariensis; Candidiasis; Emerging; India; Opportunistic pathogen

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; POSACONAZOLE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 28S; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA NIVARIENSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIABETIC PATIENT; DNA SEQUENCE; EPSILOMETER TEST; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIA; LUNG LESION; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE;

CANDIDA;

EID: 76649107371     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903114231     Document Type: Article

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