Article
Molecular typing and antifungal susceptibility of clinical and environmental Cryptococcus neoformans species complex isolates in Goiania, Brazil.
Mycoses - 1 Jan 2010
Souza L K H, Souza Junior A H, Costa C R, Faganello J, Vainstein M H, Chagas A L B, Souza A C M, Silva M R R
Abstract excerpt
A total of 124 Cryptococcus isolates, including 84 clinical strains obtained from cerebrospinal fluid from AIDS patients and 40 environmental isolates from pigeon excreta and from Eucalyptus trees, were studied. The varieties, serotypes, phospholipase activity and molecular profile of these isola...
Topics
- Animals
- Antifungal Agents
- Brazil
- Columbidae
- Cryptococcosis
- Cryptococcus gattii
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Environmental Microbiology
- Eucalyptus
- Feces
- Genotype
