Diversity of Bipolaris species in clinical samples in the United States and their antifungal susceptibility profiles

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4061-4066

  Da Cunha, K C ^a   Sutton, D A ^b   Fothergill, A W ^b   Cano, J ^a   Gene J ^a   Madrid, H ^c   De Hoog, S ^c   Crous, P W ^c   Guarro, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

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

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIDULAFUNGIN; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; RIBOSOME DNA; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BIPOLARIS AUSTRALIENSIS; BIPOLARIS CYNODONTIS; BIPOLARIS MICROPUS; BIPOLARIS SETARIAE; BIPOLARIS SPICIFERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRECHSLERA; DRECHSLERA HAWAIIENSIS; EYE; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; HYPHOMYCETES; LUNG; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN CULTURE; UNITED STATES;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES;

BIPOLARIS; BIPOLARIS SETARIAE; BIPOLARIS SPICIFERA; COCHLIOBOLUS CYNODONTIS; MICROPUS;

EID: 84869219383     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01965-12     Document Type: Article

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