Microsatellite (STRAf) genotyping cannot differentiate between invasive and colonizing aspergillus fumigatus isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 667-670

  Escribano, Pilar ^a,b,c,d   Peláez, Teresa ^a,b,c,d   Bouza, Emilio ^a,b,c,d   Guinea, Jesús ^a,b,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BETA TUBULIN GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE GENOTYPING; NONHUMAN; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CARRIER STATE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 84921750415     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02636-14     Document Type: Article

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