Antifungal susceptibilities of Sporothrix albicans, S. brasiliensis, and S. luriei of the S. schenckii complex identified in Brazil

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3047-3049

  Oliveira, Daniele C ^a   Markus Lopes, Paulo G ^a   Spader, Tatiana B ^a   Mahl, Camila D ^a   Tronco Alves, Giordano R ^b   Lara, Valeria M ^a   Santurio, Janio M ^a   Alves, Sydney Hartz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Universitario de Santa Maria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENOMIC DNA; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; RAFFINOSE; SUCROSE; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALMODULIN GENE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTHRIX ALBICANS; SPOROTHRIX BRASILIENSIS; SPOROTHRIX LURIEI; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 79960954899     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00255-11     Document Type: Article

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