Genetic re-identification and antifungal susceptibility testing of Aspergillus section Nigri strains of the BCCM/IHEM collection

Mycoses

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-155

  Hendrickx, M ^a   Beguin, H ^a   Detandt, M ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antifungal drug susceptibility; Aspergillus niger; Aspergillus tubingensis; Human pathology

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ACULEATINUS; ASPERGILLUS ACULEATUS; ASPERGILLUS BRASILIENSIS; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; ASPERGILLUS ELLIPTICUS; ASPERGILLUS FOETIDUS; ASPERGILLUS HETEROMORPHUS; ASPERGILLUS JAOINICUS; ASPERGILLUS JAPONICUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; ASPERGILLUS UVARUM; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FOETIDUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS;

EID: 84857232233     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2011.02049.x     Document Type: Article

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