Microsatellite typing to trace Aspergillus flavus infections in a hematology unit

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2396-2401

  Hadrich, Inès ^a   Makni, Fattouma ^a   Ayadi, Ali ^a   Ranque, Stéphane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; MICROBIOLOGY; TUNISIA;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUNISIA;

EID: 77954449056     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01269-09     Document Type: Article

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