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Characterization of Trichosporon species isolated from clinical specimens in Kuwait.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jul 2005
Ahmad Suhail, Al-Mahmeed Manal, Khan Zia U
Abstract excerpt
Invasive trichosporonosis is an emerging infection of severely immunocompromised patients. It is principally caused by Trichosporon asahii, although some other species of the genus have also been implicated in the aetiology. In this work, 29 clinical isolates of Trichosporon species recovered from 29 different patients over a 6-year period were studied for phenotypic and genotypic characteristics. Two morphotypes...
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