Article
Cluster of oral atypical Candida albicans isolates in a group of human immunodeficiency virus-positive drug users.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 1995
Boerlin P, Boerlin-Petzold F, Durussel C, Addo M, Pagani J L, Chave J P, Bille J
Abstract excerpt
Twenty-one chlamydospore-forming and germ tube-positive Candida albicans clinical isolates from 15 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive and 3 HIV-negative patients were examined by two different genetic methods. Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and hybridization with the C. albicans-specific Ca3 probe showed that such isolates can be split into two genetically distinct groups that can be clearly...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Candida albicans
- Candidiasis, Oral
- Cluster Analysis
- Enzymes
- Genotype
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Substance Abuse, Intravenous
- beta-Glucosidase