Molecular identification and antifungal susceptibility testing of clinical isolates of the Candida rugosa species complex and proposal of the new species Candida neorugosa

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2397-2403

  Paredes, Katihuska ^a   Sutton, Deanna A ^b   Cano, Josep ^a   Fothergill, Annette W ^b   Lawhon, Sara D ^c   Zhang, Sean ^d   Watkins, Jeffrey P ^c   Guarro, Josep ^a  

^a FACULTAT DE MEDICINA I CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIDULAFUNGIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; ECHINOCANDIN; FLUCONAZOLE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA NEUROGOSA; CANDIDA PARARUGOSA; CANDIDA PSEUDORUGOSA; CANDIDA RUGOSA; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84862737119     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00688-12     Document Type: Article

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