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Phenotyping and genotyping of Sporothrix schenckii isolates according to geographic origin and clinical form of Sporotrichosis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2002
Mesa-Arango Ana Cecilia, Del Rocío Reyes-Montes María, Pérez-Mejía Amelia, Navarro-Barranco Hortensia, Souza Valeria, Zúñiga Gerardo, Toriello Conchita
Abstract excerpt
Sporothrix schenckii isolates of fixed and lymphocutaneous clinical forms from Mexico (MX), Guatemala (GT), and Colombia (CO) as well as environmental isolates from MX were studied by analyzing their phenotypic characteristics (conidial length, thermotolerance by percent growth inhibition [GI] at 35 and 37 degrees C, median lethal dose [LD(50)]) and genotypic characteristics (by random amplified polymorphic DNA...
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