Contribution of various techniques of molecular analysis to strain identification of Candida glabrata

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-33

  Defontaine, A ^a   Coarer, M ^b   Bouchara, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b SigmO ITV   (France)

^c ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Candida glabrata; DNA polymorphism; Epidemiology; mtDNA RFLP; PFGE; RAPD

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA GLABRATA;

EID: 85088079426     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1234-987x(199601)9:1<27::aid-meh407>3.3.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

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