Cryptococcus gattii serotype-C strains isolated in Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Mycoses

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 262-268

  Cogliati, Massimo ^a   Chandrashekar, Nagarathna ^b   Esposto, Maria Carmela ^a   Chandramuki, Akepati ^b   Petrini, Björn ^c   Viviani, Maria Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus gattii; Multilocus sequence typing; Serotype C

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MALE; MATING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII;

EID: 84860008658     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2011.02082.x     Document Type: Article

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