Article
[Molecular characterization of Cryptococcus neoformans isolates from HIV patients, Guayaquil, Ecuador].
Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - 1 Sept 2017
Sánchez Sunny, Zambrano Dolores, García Maylen, Bedoya César, Fernández Carlos, Illnait-Zaragozí María Teresa
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Neurocryptococcosis is an opportunistic fungal infection that represents a high cost in human lives and for the economy of countries. Its causative agent, the Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii species complex, has a sexual and an asexual phase, four major serotypes and sev...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Cerebrospinal Fluid
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- DNA, Fungal
- Drug Resistance, Fungal
- Ecuador
- Genotype
- Humans
- Meningitis, Cryptococcal
- Mycological Typing Techniques
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Prevalence
- Prospective Studies
- Serotyping