Long-Term Survival of Three Fungal Species in Lyophilized Human Blood Plasma

Microbiol Spectr. 2021 Sep 3;9(1):e0022221. doi: 10.1128/Spectrum.00222-21. Epub 2021 Jul 14.

Authors

Omar Anwar Elkadi^{1

2}, Mervat Elanany^#³, Mohammed A Ramadan^#¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
² Dar Elsalam Cancer Center, Ministry of Health and Population, Cairo, Egypt.
³ Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: Aspergillus flavus; Aspergillus niger; Penicillium chrysogenum; diagnostics; lyophilization; medical mycology.

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Freeze Drying / methods*
Fungi / growth & development*
Fungi / isolation & purification
Humans
Microbial Viability
Plasma / chemistry
Plasma / microbiology*