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Phenotypic switching and genetic diversity of Cryptococcus neoformans.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2001
Sukroongreung S, Lim S, Tantimavanich S, Eampokalap B, Carter D, Nilakul C, Kulkeratiyut S, Tansuphaswadikul S
Abstract excerpt
Niger seed agar was used as a primary plating medium for the isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans from cerebrospinal fluid specimens from AIDS patients with untreated primary cryptococcosis. The medium was used as the primary means to detect variations in the colony morphology of the yeast. To search for phenotypic and genetic variations, nine patients individually harboring two or three types of colony...
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