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In vitro antifungal susceptibility profiles and genotypes of 308 clinical and environmental isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii and Cryptococcus gattii serotype B from north-western India.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jul 2011
Chowdhary Anuradha, Randhawa Harbans Singh, Sundar Gandhi, Kathuria Shallu, Prakash Anupam, Khan Ziauddin, Sun Sheng, Xu Jianping
Abstract excerpt
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are aetiological agents of cryptococcosis, a major opportunistic systemic mycosis of increasing global importance. This study reports the antifungal susceptibility profiles of clinical and environmental isolates of C. neoformans var. grubii, genotype VNI/AFLP1 (n = 246), and C. gattii serotype B, genotype VGI/AFLP4 (n = 62), originating from patients and...
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