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Particular Candida albicans strains in the digestive tract of dyspeptic patients, identified by multilocus sequence typing.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Gong Yan-Bing, Zheng Jian-Ling, Jin Bo, Zhuo De-Xiang, Huang Zhu-Qing, Qi He, Zhang Wei, Duan Wei, Fu Ji-Ting, Wang Chui-Jie, Mao Ze-Bin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Candida albicans is a human commensal that is also responsible for chronic gastritis and peptic ulcerous disease. Little is known about the genetic profiles of the C. albicans strains in the digestive tract of dyspeptic patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, diversity, and genetic profiles among C. albicans isolates recovered from natural colonization of the digestive tract in...
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