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Molecular identification of Candida dubliniensis isolated from oral lesions of HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients in São Paulo, Brazil.
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - 1 Jan 2000
Chavasco Jorge Kleber, Paula Claudete Rodrigues, Hirata Mario Hiroyuki, Aleva Natanael Atilas, Melo Carlos Eduardo de, Gambale Walderez, Ruiz Luciana da Silva, Franco Marília Caixeta
Abstract excerpt
Candida dubliniensis is a new, recently described species of yeast. This emerging oral pathogen shares many phenotypic and biochemical characteristics with C. albicans, making it hard to differentiate between them, although they are genotypically distinct. In this study, PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) was used to investigate the presence of C. dubliniensis in samples in a culture collection, which had been...
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