Spectrum of clinically relevant Acremonium species in the United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 243-256

  Perdomo, H ^a   Sutton, D A ^b   Garcia D ^a   Fothergill, A W ^b   Cano, J ^a   Gene J ^a   Summerbell, R C ^c,d   Rinaldi, M G ^b   Guarro, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Sporometrics Inc   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ACREMONIUM; ACREMONIUM ATROGRISEUM; ACREMONIUM EGYPTIACUM; ACREMONIUM IMPLICATUM; ACREMONIUM KILIENSE; ACREMONIUM PERSICINUM; ACREMONIUM POTRONII; ACREMONIUM RECIFEI; ACREMONIUM SCLEROTIGENUM; ACREMONIUM STRICTUM; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HYPOCREALES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORDARIALES; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

ACREMONIUM; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES;

ACREMONIUM (ASCOMYCOTA); ACREMONIUM (HYPOCREACEAE); ACREMONIUM IMPLICATUM; ACREMONIUM KILIENSE; ACREMONIUM PERSICINUM; ACREMONIUM POTRONII; ACREMONIUM RECIFEI; ACREMONIUM SCLEROTIGENUM; ACREMONIUM STRICTUM; ASCOMYCOTA; HYPOCREALES; SORDARIALES;

EID: 78650886639     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00793-10     Document Type: Article

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