Analyses of pediatric isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from South Africa

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 307-314

  Miglia, Kathleen J ^a   Govender, Nelesh P ^b,c,i   Rossouw, Jenny ^b   Meiring, Susan ^b,i   Mitchell, Thomas G ^a   Vasaikar, Sandeep ^d   Smith, Peter ^d   Van Rensburg, Nolan Janse ^d   Moller, Andre ^d   Pretorius, Anne Marie ^d   Sein, Pyu Pyu ^d   Hoosen, Anwar ^d   Lekalakala, Ruth ^d   Ngwira, Donald ^d   Perovic, Olga ^d   Feldman, Charles ^d   Karstaedt, Alan ^d   Dove, Mike ^d   Lindeque, Kathy ^d   Meyer, Linda ^d   Wadula, Jeannette ^d   Ahmed, Khatija ^d   Weldhagen, Gerhard ^d   Vanmali, Trusha ^d   Sturm, Wim ^d   Bhola, Prathna ^d   Moodley, Prashini ^d   Seetharam, Sharona ^d   Sithole, Sindisiwe ^d   Dawood, Halima ^d   Harvey, Stan ^d   Jooste, Pieter ^d   Cilliers, Danie ^d   Hamese, Ken ^d   Bauer, Keith ^d   Hoyland, Greta ^d   Mutanda, Charles ^d   Lebudi, Jacob ^d   Whitelaw, Andrew ^d   Hoffman, Rena ^d   Liebowitz, Lynne ^d   Wasserman, Elizabeth ^d   Brink, Adrian ^e   Heney, Claire ^f   Senekal, Marthinus ^g   Schuchat, Anne ^h   Schrag, Stephanie ^h   Klugman, Keith ⁱ   Von Gottberg, Anne ⁱ   De Gouveia, Linda ⁱ   Keddy, Karen ⁱ   Frean, John ⁱ   Quan, Vanessa ⁱ   Cohen, Cheryl ⁱ   Prentice, Elizabeth ⁱ   McCarthy, Kerrigan ⁱ   Sooka, Arvinda ⁱ   Dini, Leigh ⁱ   Gould, Susan ⁱ   Patel, Jay ⁱ   Cheyip, Mireille ⁱ   more..

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d Ampath Laboratories ^*

^e Ampath   (South Africa)

^f LANCET LABORATORIES   (South Africa)

^g Cape Town   (South Africa)

^h CDC   (South Africa)

ⁱ NICD   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIPLOIDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PLOIDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 78650887195     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01277-10     Document Type: Article

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