Article
Candida dubliniensis sp. nov.: phenotypic and molecular characterization of a novel species associated with oral candidosis in HIV-infected individuals.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jul 1995
Sullivan D J, Westerneng T J, Haynes K A, Bennett D E, Coleman D C
Abstract excerpt
Atypical oral Candida isolates were recovered from 60 HIV-infected and three HIV-negative individuals. These organisms were germ-tube-positive and produced abundant chlamydospores which were frequently arranged in triplets or in contiguous pairs. They belonged to C. albicans serotype A and had atypical carbohydrate assimilation profiles. Fingerprinting the genomic DNA of a selection of these organisms with the C....
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Base Sequence
- Candida
- Candidiasis, Oral
- Carbohydrate Metabolism
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Fungal
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Humans