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Identification of genotypically diverse Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii isolates by Luminex xMAP technology.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2007
Bovers M, Diaz M R, Hagen F, Spanjaard L, Duim B, Visser C E, Hoogveld H L, Scharringa J, Hoepelman I M, Fell J W, Boekhout T
Abstract excerpt
A Luminex suspension array, which had been developed for identification of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii isolates, was tested by genotyping a set of 58 mostly clinical isolates. All genotypes of C. neoformans and C. gattii were included. In addition, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained from patients with cryptococcal meningitis was used to investigate the feasibility of the technique for...
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