Identification of three Candida africana strains in Senegal;Identification de trois souches de Candida africana au Sénégal

Journal de Mycologie Medicale

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 335-340

  Dieng, Y ^a,b   Sow, D ^a,b   Ndiaye, M ^a   Guichet, E ^c   Faye, B ^a   Tine, R ^a,b   Lo, A ^a   Sylla, K ^a,b   Abiola, A ^a   Dieng, T ^a,b   Ndiaye, J L ^a   Le Pape, P ^c   Gaye, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dakar   (Senegal)

^c NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Candida africana; Candida albicans; Candida dubliniensis; Dakar; G ne hwp1; Hwp1 gene; PCR

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYPHAL WALL PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA AFRICANA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CHLAMYDOSPORE; CLAVISPORA LUSITANIAE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HWP1 GENE; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PHENOTYPE; SENEGAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENEGAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA AFRICANA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLAVISPORA LUSITANIAE; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS;

EID: 84870533507     PISSN: 11565233     EISSN: 17730449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2012.07.052     Document Type: Article

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