Article
Molecular characterisation of clinical Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii isolates from Sichuan province, China.
Mycoses - 1 May 2015
Wu Si-Ying, Lei Yao, Kang Mei, Xiao Yu-Ling, Chen Zhi-Xing
Abstract excerpt
Previous reports on the molecular characteristics of clinical isolates of Cryptococcus species in China have focused on isolates from southeast China. To obtain a more detailed molecular epidemiology, a total of 92 cryptococcal isolates were collected from Sichuan province. A total of 24 isolates from 12 other provinces were collected for comparative study. Genotypes and mating types of 116 Cryptococcus isolates...
Topics
- China
- Cryptococcosis
- Cryptococcus gattii
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Genes, Mating Type, Fungal
- Genotype
- Humans
- Multilocus Sequence Typing
- Mycological Typing Techniques
- Phylogeny
