Article
Multilocus sequence typing of Cryptococcus neoformans in non-HIV associated cryptococcosis in Nagasaki, Japan.
Medical mycology - 1 Apr 2013
Mihara Tomo, Izumikawa Koichi, Kakeya Hiroshi, Ngamskulrungroj Popchai, Umeyama Takashi, Takazono Takahiro, Tashiro Masato, Nakamura Shigeki, Imamura Yoshifumi, Miyazaki Taiga, Ohno Hideaki, Yamamoto Yoshihiro, Yanagihara Katsunori, Miyzaki Yoshitsugu, Kohno Shigeru
Abstract excerpt
Cryptococcosis is primarily caused by two Cryptococcus species, i.e., Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii. Both include several genetically diverse subgroups that can be differentiated using various molecular strain typing methods. Since little is known about the molecular epidemiology of the C. neoformans/C. gattii species complex in Japan, we conducted a molecular epidemiological analysis of 35 C. neoformans...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Cluster Analysis
- Cryptococcosis
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Environmental Microbiology
- Female
- Genes, Mating Type, Fungal