Looking for Candida nivariensis and C. bracarensis among a large Italian collection of C. glabrata isolates: Results of the FIMUA working group

Mycoses

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 394-396

  Esposto, M C ^a   Prigitano, A ^a   Romeo, O ^b   Criseo, G ^b   Trovato, L ^c   Tullio, V ^d   Fadda, M E ^e   Tortorano, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida bracarensis; Candida glabrata; Candida nivariensis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA BRACARENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA NIVARIENSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; YOUNG ADULT;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA;

EID: 84876323051     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/myc.12026     Document Type: Article

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