Aspergillus pragensis sp. nov. discovered during molecular reidentification of clinical isolates belonging to Aspergillus section Candidi

Medical Mycology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 565-576

  Hubka, Vit ^a,b   Lyskova, Pavlina ^c   Frisvad, Jens C ^d   Peterson, Stephen W ^e   Skorepova, Magdalena ^f   Kolarik, Miroslav ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c Public Health Institute   (Czech Republic)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^f CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

antifungal susceptibility testing; Aspergillus candidus; Aspergillus tritici; nondermatophyte onychomycosis; otomycosis; polyphasic approach

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BETA TUBULIN; CALMODULIN; CICLOPIROXOLAMINE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; ECONAZOLE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; NYSTATIN; RIBOSOME DNA; TERBINAFINE; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; TUBULIN;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CANDIDUS; ASPERGILLUS CARNEUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PRAGENSIS; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA DETERMINATION; EPSILOMETER TEST; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ASPERGILLOSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CALMODULIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBULIN;

EID: 84904968722     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myu022     Document Type: Article

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