Physiological typing of Pseudallescheria and Scedosporium strains using Taxa Profile, a semi-automated, 384-well microtitre system

Mycoses

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages 56-65

  Horre R ^a,b   Schaal, K P ^a   Marklein, G ^a   de Hoog, G S ^c,d,e   Reiffert, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM)   (Germany)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Physiological diagnostics; Pseudallescheria; Scedosporium; Strain typing; Taxa Profile

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCEDOSPORIUM;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCEDOSPORIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PSEUDALLESCHERIA; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM PROLIFICANS;

EID: 80054121569     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2011.02111.x     Document Type: Article

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