PCR-REA as an important tool for the identification of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii from human and veterinary sources

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 180-184

  Cordeiro, Rossana Aguiar ^a   Costa, Ana Karoline Freire ^b   Brilhante, Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira ^a   de Lima, Rita Amanda Chaves ^a   Castelo Branco, Débora de Souza Collares Maia ^a   Ribeiro, Joyce Fonteles ^a   Monteiro, André Jalles ^a   Rocha, Francisco Airton Castro ^a   Sidrim, José Júlio Costa ^a   Rocha, Marcos Fábio Gadelha ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

API 20C; Cryptococcus; Identification; PCR REA; VITEK

Indexed keywords

AGEI PROTEIN; BSMFI PROTEIN; FUNGAL ENZYME; HPAII PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA EXTRACTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 80655127783     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.06.038     Document Type: Article

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