Genetic relatedness and antifungal susceptibility profile of Candida albicans isolates from fungaemia patients

Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 248-252

  Costa De Oliveira, Sofia ^a   Sousa, Inês ^b   Correia, Alexandra ^b   Sampaio, Paula ^b   Pais, Célia ^b   Rodrigues, Acácio Gonçalves ^a   Pina Vaz, Cidália ^a,c  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

antifungals; Candida albicans; fungaemia; genetic relatedness; infection; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MUCUS SECRETION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PHENOTYPE; PORTUGAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINALYSIS; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDEMIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 79952658409     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2010.511633     Document Type: Article

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