Genetic diversity in clinical isolates of the dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis detected by a PCR-based random amplified polymorphic DNA assay.

Abstract excerpt

Blastomyces dermatitidis is a dimorphic fungus causing localized or systemic infection in areas where the organism is endemic in the central and southeastern United States. In this study, 19 independent isolates of B. dermatitidis from Little Rock, Ark., were grouped into three classes based on r...

Topics

• Base Sequence
• Blastomyces
• DNA Primers
• DNA, Fungal
• Evaluation Studies as Topic
• Genetic Variation
• Humans
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Polymorphism, Genetic
• Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length