Phenotypic characteristics of isolates of Aspergillus section Fumigati from different geographic origins and their relationships with genotypic characteristics

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Frías De León, María G ^a   Zavala Ramírez, Monserrat ^a   Córdoba, Susana ^b   Zúñiga, Gerardo ^c   Duarte Escalante, Esperanza ^a   Pérez Torres, Armando ^a   Zepeda Rodríguez, Armando ^a   López Martínez, Irma ^a   Buitrago, María J ^d   Del Rocío Reyes Montes, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; FUMIGATI; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GROWTH RATE; HEAT TOLERANCE; MEXICO; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY SIZE; PERU; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 79958800499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-116     Document Type: Article

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