Epidemiological investigation of vaginal Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolates by a genotypic method.

doi:10.1128/JCM.36.2.557-562.1998

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Epidemiological investigation of vaginal Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolates by a genotypic method.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 1998

McCullough M J, Clemons K V, Farina C, McCusker J H, Stevens D A

Abstract excerpt

Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a ubiquitous, ascomycetous yeast, and vaginitis caused by this organism has been reported only very rarely. The aim of the present investigation was to assess the epidemiological relatedness of a group of vaginal and commercial S. cerevisiae isolates by a previously re...

Topics

Adult
DNA, Fungal
Female
Genotype
Humans
Middle Aged
Molecular Epidemiology
Mycoses
Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Recurrence
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Spores, Fungal
Vaginitis

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