Identification of Paecilomyces variotii in clinical samples and settings

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2754-2761

  Houbraken, Jos ^a   Verweij, Paul E ^b   Rijs, Anthonius J M M ^b   Borman, Andrew M ^c   Samson, Robert A ^a  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BETA TUBULIN; FLUCYTOSINE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 5.8S; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TUBULIN;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HAMIGERA AVELLANEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAECILOMYCES; PAECILOMYCES DACTYLETHROMORPHUS; PAECILOMYCES FORMOSUS; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; PAECILOMYCES VARIOTII; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TALAROMYCES EBURNEUS; TAXONOMY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOSES; RNA GENE;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FLUCYTOSINE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; PAECILOMYCES; PYRIMIDINES; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRIAZOLES; TUBULIN; VORICONAZOLE;

GEOSMITHIA ARGILLACEA; HAMIGERA AVELLANEA; MERIMBLA INGELHEIMENSIS; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; PAECILOMYCES VARIOTII; TALAROMYCES EBURNEUS;

EID: 77955439892     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00764-10     Document Type: Article

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