GENETIC RELATEDNESS AND DIVERSITY OF CRYPTOCOCCUS-NEOFORMANS STRAINS IN THE MALTESE ISLANDS

Authors
LOPASSO C PERNICE I GALLO M BARBARA C LUCK FT CRISEO G PERNICE A
Citation
C. Lopasso et al., GENETIC RELATEDNESS AND DIVERSITY OF CRYPTOCOCCUS-NEOFORMANS STRAINS IN THE MALTESE ISLANDS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 35(3), 1997, pp. 751-755
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
35
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
751 - 755
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1997)35:3<751:GRADOC>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The genetic relatedness of clinical and environmental Cryptococcus neo formans strains in the Maltese Islands was investigated by randomly am plified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting with four primers. The clinical strains isolated over the course of 1 year from AIDS patients showed identical fingerprints. The electrophoretic patterns of the two clinic al strains were also the most common patterns among the environmental strains, but the patterns among the environmental strains showed a wid e variability and no correlation with the site of isolation.