Molecular and phenotypic characterization of phialemonium and lecythophora isolates from clinical samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1209-1216

  Perdomo, H ^a   Sutton, D A ^b   Garcia D ^a   Fothergill, A W ^b   Gene J ^a   Cano, 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

ALBERTINIELLA POLYPORICOLA; ARTICLE; CEPHALOTHECA FOVEOLATA; CONIOCHAETA LIGNIARIA; CONIOCHAETA PRUNICOLA; CONIOCHAETA RHOPALOCHAETA; CONIOCHAETA SUBCORTICALIS; CONIOCHAETA VELUTINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTENDOXYLA HYPOPHLOIA; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; LECYTHOPHORA; LECYTHOPHORA DECUMBENS; LECYTHOPHORA FASCICULATA; LECYTHOPHORA HOFFMANII; LECYTHOPHORA LIGNICOLA; LECYTHOPHORA LUTEOVIRIDIS; LECYTHOPHORA MUTABILIS; LINOCARPON LIVISTONAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEOLINOCARPON ENSHIENSE; NEOLINOCARPON GLOBOSICARPUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHIALEMONIUM; PHIALEMONIUM CURVATUM; PHIALEMONIUM DIMORPHOSPHORUM; PHIALEMONIUM OBOVATUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOSES; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOTHECA; CONIOCHAETA; LECYTHOPHORA; LECYTHOPHORA HOFFMANNII; LECYTHOPHORA MUTABILIS; PHAEOACREMONIUM; PHIALEMONIUM; PHIALEMONIUM CURVATUM; PHIALEMONIUM OBOVATUM;

EID: 79953887345     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01979-10     Document Type: Article

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