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Molecular typing and antifungal susceptibility of Exophiala isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Sept 2012
Packeu Ann, Lebecque Patrick, Rodriguez-Villalobos Hector, Boeras Anca, Hendrickx Marijke, Bouchara Jean-Philippe, Symoens Françoise
Abstract excerpt
The black yeast Exophiala dermatitidis is a frequent agent of colonization of the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). A total of 71 clinical isolates of Exophiala from 13 patients were identified at the species level by sequencing the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions 1 and 2 of the rDNA genes and typed by random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD), using two different primers, BG-2 and...
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