ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING AND GENOTYPING CHARACTERIZATION OF Cryptococcus neoformans AND gattii ISOLATES FROM HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS OF RIBEIRÃO PRETO, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING AND GENOTYPING CHARACTERIZATION OF Cryptococcus neoformans AND gattii ISOLATES FROM HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS OF RIBEIRÃO PRETO, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL

SUMMARY Cryptococcosis is a leading invasive fungal infection in immunocompromised patients. Considering the high prevalence and severity of these infections in immunocompromised patients attended at HC-FMRP-USP, the present research aimed to characterize the clinical isolates of Cryptococcus strain...

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Main Authors: Thais Pandini FIGUEIREDO, Rosymar Coutinho de LUCAS, Rodrigo Anselmo CAZZANIGA, Carolina Nunes FRANÇA, Fernando SEGATO, Rafael TAGLIALEGNA, Claudia Maria Leite MAFFEI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Cryptococcus neoformans
Serotyping
Genotyping
Fingerprinting
Antifungal agents
Mating type
HIV-patients
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