Article
Molecular typing and antifungal susceptibility of clinical sequential isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from Sao Paulo State, Brazil.
FEMS yeast research - 1 Jan 2007
Almeida Ana Marisa Fusco, Matsumoto Marcelo Teruyuki, Baeza Lilian Cristiane, de Oliveira E Silva Rosana Bellan, Kleiner Aline Aparecida Pizzirani, Melhem Márcia de Souza Carvalho, Mendes Giannini Maria José Soares
Abstract excerpt
The antifungal susceptibility profiles and the genetic variability of 83 sequential clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans, including four Cryptococcus gattii isolates, obtained from 38 Sao Paulo AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis were assessed by electrophoretic karyotyping and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. The majority of the Cryptococcus neoformans isolates were highly...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
