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ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITIES, VARIETIES, AND ELECTROPHORETIC KARYOTYPES OF CLINICAL ISOLATES OF CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS FROM BRAZIL, CHILE AND VENEZUELA
Antifungal susceptibility
Electrophoretic karyotyping
Brazil
Chile
Venezuela
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Universidad del Zulia-Luz. Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Clínica Santa María. Santiago, Chile.
Clínica Santa María. Santiago, Chile.
Hospital Clínico de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela.
Clínica Santa María, Santiago, Chile
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Paraná. Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Chiba University. Chiba, Japan.
Chiba University. Chiba, Japan.
Chiba University. Chiba, Japan.
Chiba University. Chiba, Japan.
Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Campinas, SP, Brasil.
Clínica Santa María. Santiago, Chile.
Clínica Santa María. Santiago, Chile.
Hospital Clínico de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela.
Clínica Santa María, Santiago, Chile
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Paraná. Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Chiba University. Chiba, Japan.
Chiba University. Chiba, Japan.
Chiba University. Chiba, Japan.
Chiba University. Chiba, Japan.
Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Campinas, SP, Brasil.
Abstract
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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Cryptococcus neoformansAntifungal susceptibility
Electrophoretic karyotyping
Brazil
Chile
Venezuela
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