Rapid differentiation of VGII/AFLP6 genotype within Cryptococcus gattii by polymerase chain reaction

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 471-473

  Feng, Xiaobo ^a   Yao, Zhirong ^a   Ren, Daming ^b   Liao, Wanqing ^c  

^a XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus gattii; Genotype; Intergenic spacer region; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649322191     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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