Article
Diversity of DNA fingerprints in Cryptococcus neoformans.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 1995
Varma A, Swinne D, Staib F, Bennett J E, Kwon-Chung K J
Abstract excerpt
DNA fingerprint patterns of 156 Cryptococcus neoformans isolates (26 AIDS patients, 46 non-AIDS patients, and 40 environmental sources) from both varieties (126 C. neoformans var. neoformans and 30 C. neoformans var. gattii isolates) and from seven countries were analyzed by using the DNA probe UT-4p. Nine and twelve distinct DNA fingerprint patterns were observed for isolates of the C. neoformans var. neoformans...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Antifungal Agents
- Cryptococcosis
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial
- Environmental Microbiology
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Serotyping
- Species Specificity
