Occurrence of ochroconis and verruconis species in clinical specimens from the United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4189-4201

  Giraldo, Alejandra ^a   Sutton, Deanna A ^b   Samerpitak, Kittipan ^c,d   De Hoog, G Sybren ^c   Wiederhold, Nathan P ^b   Guarro, Josep ^a   Gené, Josepa ^a  

^a FACULTAT DE MEDICINA I CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICAFUNGIN; TERBINAFINE; ACTIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TUBULIN;

ACTIN GENE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BETA TUBULIN GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; NONHUMAN; NRRNA GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCHROCONIS; OCHROCONIS CORDANAE; OCHROCONIS ICARUS; OCHROCONIS MIRABILIS; OCHROCONIS OLIVACEA; OCHROCONIS RAMOSA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES; VERRUCONIS; VERRUCONIS GALLOPAVA; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOSES; PREVALENCE;

ACTINS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBULIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84910131653     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02027-14     Document Type: Article

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