Article
Candida albicans in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: absence of a novel of hypervirulent strain.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Aug 1990
Whelan W L, Kirsch D R, Kwon-Chung K J, Wahl S M, Smith P D
Abstract excerpt
To determine whether Candida albicans in patients with AIDS represents a unique strain, C. albicans isolated from 24 patients with AIDS was compared with Candida isolated from 23 healthy adults. Resistance to 5-fluorocytosine, synthesis of amino acids and nucleotides, sugar use, and enzyme activi...
Topics
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Candida albicans
- Candidiasis
- Carbohydrate Metabolism
- DNA, Fungal
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
- Enzymes
- Flucytosine
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length