Identification and characterisation of human pathogenic filamentous fungi and susceptibility to Thymus schimperi essential oil

Mycoses

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Pagiotti, Rita ^a   Angelini, Paola ^a   Rubini, Andrea ^b   Tirillini, Bruno ^c   Granetti, Bruno ^a   Venanzoni, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antifungal agents; Culture medium; Molecular typing; Morphotypes; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CALMODULIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; ESSENTIAL OIL; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ITRACONAZOLE; RNA POLYMERASE II; TERBINAFINE; THYMUS SCHIMPERI ESSENTIAL OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS MINUTUS; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THYMUS SCHIMPERI; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VERTICILLIUM;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; NAPHTHALENES; OILS, VOLATILE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THYMUS PLANT;

ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; THYMUS SCHIMPERI; VERTICILLIUM SP.;

EID: 80052788089     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2010.01926.x     Document Type: Article

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