Screening of strains of the Candida parapsilosis group of the BCCM/IHEM collection by MALDI-TOF MS

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 544-548

  Hendrickx, Marijke ^a   Goffinet, Jean Sebastien ^b   Swinne, Danielle ^c   Detandt, Monique ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Candida metapsilosis; Candida orthopsilosis; Candida parapsilosis; MALDI TOF MS

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER;

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA METAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA ORTHOPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; MYCOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 79960346968     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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