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Increased release of glucuronoxylomannan antigen and induced phenotypic changes in Trichosporon asahii by repeated passage in mice.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 May 2002
Karashima Reiko, Yamakami Yuriko, Yamagata Eiji, Tokimatsu Issei, Hiramatsu Kazufumi, Nasu Masaru
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Clinically important fungi such as Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans are known to undergo phenotypic changes after repeated subculture or passages in vivo. However, there are no reports describing this phenomenon in Trichosporon species. This study investigated whether in-vivo passages of environmental isolates of Trichosporon asahii in mice changes their phenotype; three environmental isolates and 14...
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