Molecular typing of clinical Cryptococcus neoformans isolates collected in Germany from 2004 to 2010

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 203, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 333-340

  Sanchini, Andrea ^a,b   Smith, Ilka McCormick ^a   Sedlacek, Ludwig ^c   Schwarz, Roman ^d   Tintelnot, Kathrin ^a   Rickerts, Volker ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d MVZ Labor Dr Stein u Kollegen   (Germany)

Author keywords

AD hybrids; Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii; Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans; MLST; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGAL MATING TYPE GENE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TREND STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

FUNGAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919491901     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: 14321831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-014-0341-6     Document Type: Article

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