Article
Application of the DiversiLab system for tracing the source of the mixed infections caused by Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii from a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Mycoses - 1 Mar 2015
Dou Hongtao, Xu Yingchun, Li Taisheng
Abstract excerpt
Two strains of Cryptococcus neoformans (PU 66 and PU112) were simultaneously isolated from a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. We aimed to trace the source of the mixed infections. Multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) and the DiversiLab system analyses were performed on the 2 clinical and...
Topics
- Adult
- Animals
- Coinfection
- Columbidae
- Cryptococcosis
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- DNA, Fungal
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
- Multilocus Sequence Typing