Case report: Occurrence of Paracoccidioides lutzii in the Amazon Region: Description of two cases

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 710-714

  Marques da Silva, Silvia Helena ^a   Rodrigues, Anderson Messias ^b,c   De Hoog, G Sybren ^c   Silveira Gomes, Fabíola ^d   De Camargo, Zoilo Pires ^b  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 43; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 43 KDA PROTEIN, PARACOCCIDIOIDES; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION FACTOR 1; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; EXON; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES LUTZII; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ADP-RIBOSYLATION FACTOR 1; ADULT; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BRAZIL; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84867916940     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0340     Document Type: Article

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