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Molecular epidemiology of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in China between 2007 and 2013 using multilocus sequence typing and the DiversiLab system.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Apr 2015
Dou H-T, Xu Y-C, Wang H-Z, Li T-S
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to investigate the molecular characteristics of 83 clinical Cryptococcus neoformans/C. gattii species complex isolated in Beijing, China, between 2007 and 2013. Restriction fragment length polymorphism of the gene URA5 (URA5-RFLP), multilocus sequence typing (MLST),...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Child
- China
- Cryptococcosis
- Cryptococcus gattii
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Multilocus Sequence Typing
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Young Adult