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

Authors
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
Citation
Bm. Calvo et al., Antifungal susceptibilities, varieties, and electrophoretic karyotypes of clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela, J CLIN MICR, 39(6), 2001, pp. 2348-2350
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
2348 - 2350
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(200106)39:6<2348:ASVAEK>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
One hundred clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from human immunod eficiency virus (HIV)-infected and non-HIV-infected patients from Brazil, C hile, and Venezuela were separated according to varieties and tested for an tifungal susceptibility. A high susceptibility to antifungal agents was obs erved among all the isolates. The electrophoretic karyotyping of 51 strains revealed good discrimination among Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans strains.