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Insights on the genotype distribution among Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii Portuguese clinical isolates.
Current microbiology - 1 Feb 2014
Maduro A P, Mansinho K, Teles F, Silva I, Meyer W, Martins M L, Inácio J
Abstract excerpt
This study provides a comprehensive picture of the C. neoformans/C. gattii molecular types most often associated with human cryptococcosis in Portugal and assesses the impact of C. gattii in these infections. One hundred and twenty-two clinical isolates, from distinct patients, were identified as C. neoformans and genotyped by URA5-RFLP, with the molecular types VNI (45.5 %) and VNIII (30.9 %) being the most...
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