Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii - Pathogenicity of environmental isolates correlated to virulence factors, susceptibility to fluconazole and molecular profile

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 993-1000

  Pedroso, Reginaldo S ^a,b   Lavrador, Marco A S ^b   Ferreira, Joseane C ^b   Candido, Regina C ^b   Maffei, Claudia M L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Molecular typing; Pathogenicity; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MUS;

EID: 78650844025     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000800008     Document Type: Article

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