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Molecular epidemiology of airway colonisation by Aspergillus fumigatus in cystic fibrosis patients.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Apr 2001
Cimon Bernard, Symoens Françoise, Zouhair Rachid, Chabasse Dominique, Nolard Nicole, Defontaine Alain, Bouchara Jean-Philippe
Abstract excerpt
A total of 109 sequential and multiple Aspergillus fumigatus isolates corresponding to 41 samples from seven cystic fibrosis (CF) patients was typed by random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) with the primer NS3 from the fungal ribosomal gene 18S subunit, and by sequence-specific DNA primer (SSDP) analysis. RAPD typing of the isolates revealed 10 different genotypes, whereas nine genotypes were identified...
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