Molecular Identification of Melanised Non-Sporulating Moulds: A Useful Tool for Studying the Epidemiology of Phaeohyphomycosis

Mycopathologia

Volumn 175, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 445-454

  Santos, Daniel W C L ^a,b   Padovan, Ana Carolina B ^a   Melo, Analy S A ^a   Gonçalves, Sarah S ^a   Azevedo, Viviane R ^a   Ogawa, Marilia M ^a   Freitas, Tainá Veras Sandes ^c   Colombo, Arnaldo L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DO RIM E HIPERTENSÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Melanised fungi; Mycelia sterilia; Non sporulating moulds; Transplant patient

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; MELANIN; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOLOGY; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; FUNGI; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGY; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ALTERNARIA; COCHLIOBOLUS; FUNGI; MYCELIA STERILIA; OCHROCONIS;

EID: 84878571499     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-012-9608-x     Document Type: Article

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