Article
Genotyping, serotyping and determination of mating-type of Cryptococcus neoformans clinical isolates from São Paulo State, Brazil.
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - 1 Jan 2000
Matsumoto Marcelo Teruyuki, Fusco-Almeida Ana Marisa, Baeza Lilian Cristiane, Melhem Márcia de Souza Carvalho, Medes-Giannini Maria José Soares
Abstract excerpt
The basidiomycetous yeast Cryptococcus neoformans is an important fungal pathogen mainly in immunocompromised patients. In this study, 47 clinical isolates of C. neoformans from regions of São Paulo State were studied serologically by using the Crypto Check Iatron RM 304-K kit, their genetic dive...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Brazil
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Genes, Mating Type, Fungal
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Mycological Typing Techniques
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
- Serotyping