Aspergillus felis sp. nov., an Emerging Agent of Invasive Aspergillosis in Humans, Cats, and Dogs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Barrs, Vanessa R ^a   van Doorn, Tineke M ^b   Houbraken, Jos ^b   Kidd, Sarah E ^c   Martin, Patricia ^a   Pinheiro, Maria Dolores ^d   Richardson, Malcolm ^e   Varga, Janos ^f   Samson, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^e MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIDULAFUNGIN; BETA TUBULIN; CALMODULIN; CASPOFUNGIN; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FELIS; ASPERGILLUS VIRIDINUTANS; BETA TUBULIN GENE; CALMODULIN GENE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; DOG; FUNGAL SINUSITIS; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MATING TYPE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELEOMORPH;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ECHINOCANDINS; FLUCONAZOLE; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS VIRIDINUTANS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; FELIS SP.; NEOSARTORYA;

EID: 84879063713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064871     Document Type: Article

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