Article
Molecular epidemiology of Italian clinical Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii isolates.
Medical mycology - 1 Jul 2013
Cogliati Massimo, Zamfirova Ralika R, Tortorano Anna Maria, Viviani Maria Anna
Abstract excerpt
Cryptococcus neoformans variety grubii is the major etiological agent of cryptococcal meningitis in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. The current PCR-based molecular methods are not sufficient to discriminate among the different populations of this yeast. Therefore, the aim of...
Topics
- Cluster Analysis
- Cryptococcosis
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Genotype
- Humans
- Italy
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multilocus Sequence Typing
- Mycological Typing Techniques
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Analysis, DNA