Isolation of the fungus Geosmithia argillacea in sputum of people with cystic fibrosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2615-2617

  Barton, R C ^a   Borman, A M ^c   Johnson, E M ^c   Houbraken, J ^d   Hobson, R P ^a   Denton, M ^a   Conway, S P ^b   Brownlee, K G ^b   Peckham, D ^b   Lee, T W R ^b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^d CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOSMITHIA ARGILLACEA; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; COMPLICATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; EUROTIALES; FUNGUS SPORE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPUTUM;

FUNGI; GEOSMITHIA ARGILLACEA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EUROTIALES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPORES, FUNGAL; SPUTUM;

EID: 77954437980     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00184-10     Document Type: Article

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