Issues in identifying germ tube positive yeasts by conventional methods

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Yazdanpanah, Atta ^a   Khaithir, Tzar Mohd Nizam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

C. africana; C. albicans; C. dubliniensis; Hwp1; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FUNGAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; LACTIC ACID; SYNAPSIN I; TREHALOSE; XYLOSE;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; CANDIDA AFRICANA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA SAKE; CHLAMYDOSPORE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

C. AFRICANA; C. ALBICANS; C. DUBLINIENSIS; HWP1; MALAYSIA;

BASE PAIRING; CANDIDA; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84892451073     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.21635     Document Type: Article

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