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Genotyping of Candida albicans on the basis of polymorphisms of ALT repeats in the repetitive sequence (RPS).
Journal of dermatological science - 1 Jan 2006
Iwata Takako, Hattori Hisao, Chibana Hiroji, Mikami Yuzuru, Tomita Yasushi, Kikuchi Akihiko, Kanbe Toshio
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Candida albicans is one of the most important etiologic agents causing superficial and deep fungal infections. For prevention of candidiasis, it is important to develop a rapid system that discriminates C. albicans at the strain level. OBJECTIVE: To develop a system that can identify C. albicans at the strain level. METHODS: Genomic DNAs were purified from 179 clinical isolates of C. albicans, and...
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