Insights on the genotype distribution among Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii Portuguese clinical isolates

Current Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 199-203

  Maduro, A P ^a,b   Mansinho, K ^c   Teles, F ^a   Silva, I ^a   Meyer, W ^d   Martins, M L ^a,b   Inacio J ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGAÇÃO AGRÁRIA E VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898907035     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-013-0452-0     Document Type: Article

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