Comparison of morphotypic and genotypic methods for strain delineation in Candida.

doi:10.1111/j.1439-0507.1997.tb00182.x

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Comparison of morphotypic and genotypic methods for strain delineation in Candida.

Mycoses - 1 Dec 1997

Del Castillo L, Bikandi J, Nieto A, Quindós G, Sentandreu R, Pontón J

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We compared two phenotypic methods, colony morphotyping on Sabouraudtripheniltetrazolium agar (STTZ) and serotyping, with two genotypic methods, karyotyping and Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA bands obtained by PCR amplification (RAPD-PCR), for strain delineation in 33 Candida clinical isolates...

Topics

Candida
Candidiasis
Genotype
Karyotyping
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Mycological Typing Techniques
Phenotype
Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
Serotyping

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