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Multilocus microsatellite markers for molecular typing of Candida tropicalis isolates.
BMC microbiology - 20 Nov 2014
Wu Yuan, Zhou Hai-jian, Che Jie, Li Wen-ge, Bian Fu-ning, Yu Shuan-bao, Zhang Li-juan, Lu Jinxing
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BACKGROUND: Candida tropicalis is considered to be the leading pathogen causing nosocomial fungemia and hepatosplenic fungal infections in patients with cancer, particularly those with leukemia. Microsatellite-based typing methods using sets of genetic markers have been developed and reported for population structure analysis of C. albicans, C. glabrata, and C. parapsilosis, but no studies have been published for...
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