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...
Main Authors: | Thais Pandini FIGUEIREDO, Rosymar Coutinho de LUCAS, Rodrigo Anselmo CAZZANIGA, Carolina Nunes FRANÇA, Fernando SEGATO, Rafael TAGLIALEGNA, Claudia Maria Leite MAFFEI |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
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Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652016005000253&lng=en&tlng=en |
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