Antifungal susceptibilities, varieties, and electrophoretic karyotypes of clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela

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作者
Calvo, BM
Colombo, AL
Fischman, O
Santiago, A
Thompson, L
Lazera, M
Telles, F
Fukushima, K
Nishimura, K
Tanaka, R
Myiajy, M
Moretti-Branchini, ML
机构
[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Div Infect Dis, Fac Ciencias Med, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
[2] Univ Zulia Luz, Maracaibo, Venezuela
[3] Hosp Clin Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
[4] Clin Santa Maria, Santiago, Chile
[5] Chiba Univ, Chiba, Japan
[6] Fdn Oswaldo Cruz, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
[7] Univ Fed Parana, BR-80060000 Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
[8] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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10.1128/JCM.39.6.2348-2350.2001
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
One hundred clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and non-HIV-infected patients from Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela were separated according to varieties and tested for antifungal susceptibility. A high susceptibility to antifungal agents was observed among all the isolates. The electrophoretic karyotyping of 51 strains revealed good discrimination among Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans strains.
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页码:2348 / 2350
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