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A molecular epidemiological study of sequential oral isolates of Candida albicans from terminally ill patients.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology - 1 Apr 2001
Wilson M J, Williams D W, Forbes M D, Finlay I G, Lewis M A
Abstract excerpt
The pattern of candidal colonisation was studied in a group of terminally ill patients receiving antifungal treatment for oral candidosis. A total of 43 isolates of C. albicans was collected pre- and post-antifungal treatment from patients up to a maximum period of 4 weeks. Isolates were analysed by electrophoretic karyotyping (EK) and by inter-repeat polymerase chain reaction (IR-PCR). Fifteen electrophoretic...
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