Isolation and molecular characterization of Candida africana from Jos, Nigeria

Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 765-767

  Nnadi, Nnaemeka Emmanuel ^a   Ayanbimpe, Grace Mebi ^a   Scordino, Fabio ^b   Okolo, Mark Ojogba ^a   Enweani, Ifeoma Bessy ^c   Criseo, Giuseppe ^b   Romeo, Orazio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Candida africana; Candida albicans; Candida dubliniensis; Chlamydospore negative; Hwp1 gene

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; CANDIDA; CANDIDA AFRICANA; CHLAMYDOSPORE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; VULVOVAGINITIS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MYCOLOGY; NIGERIA;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA AFRICANA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS;

EID: 84866504859     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2012.662598     Document Type: Review

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