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Molecular analysis and susceptibility profiling of Candida albicans isolates from immunocompromised patients in South India.
Mycopathologia - 1 Mar 2006
Girish Kumar C P, Hanafy Ahmed Medhat, Katsu Masakazu, Mikami Yuzuru, Menon Thangam
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The genetic diversity and in vitro antifungal susceptibility profiles of 55 Candida albicans from immunocompromised patients were studied. PCR based analysis of the transposable intron in the 25S rDNA revealed 39 genotype A, 4 genotype B and 12 genotype C isolates. Serotype analysis categorized 52 isolates as serotype A and 3 as serotype B. All strains were susceptible to micafungin, 5-flucytosine and miconazole,...
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