Biofilm formation and genotyping of Candida haemulonii, Candida pseudohaemulonii, and a proposed new species (Candida auris) isolates from Korea

Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-102

  Oh, Bong Joon ^a   Shin, Jong Hee ^a   Kim, Mi Na ^b   Sung, Heungsup ^b   Lee, Kyungwon ^c   Joo, Min Young ^a   Shin, Myung Geun ^a   Suh, Soon Pal ^a   Ryang, Dong Wook ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Candida auris; Candida haemulonii; Candida pseudohaemulonii; Genotyping

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA; CANDIDA AURIS; CANDIDA HAEMULONII; CANDIDA PSEUDOHAEMULONII; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; KOREA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BIOFILMS; BLOOD; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA HAEMULONII;

EID: 78650385821     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2010.493563     Document Type: Article

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