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Analysis of Trichosporon isolates obtained from the houses of patients with summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2004
Sugita Takashi, Ikeda Reiko, Nishikawa Akemi
Abstract excerpt
Summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis (SHP) is type III or IV allergies developed by repeated inhalation of arthroconidia of Trichosporon species. We identified 105 strains obtained from the homes of 36 SHP patients by analysis of the intergenic spacer (IGS) 1 region, which is located between the 26S and 5S rRNA genes; in addition, we analyzed the IGS genotypes of the strains. Serologically, Trichosporon...
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