Microsatellite typing of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates recovered from deep organ samples of patients with invasive aspergillosis

Lies M E Vanhee; Francoise Symoens; Hans J Nelis; Tom Coenye

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.04.006

Microsatellite typing of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates recovered from deep organ samples of patients with invasive aspergillosis

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008 Sep;62(1):96-8. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.04.006. Epub 2008 May 22.

Authors

Lies M E Vanhee¹, Francoise Symoens, Hans J Nelis, Tom Coenye

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.

PMID: 18501550
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.04.006

Abstract

Microsatellite typing was used to analyze 41 Aspergillus fumigatus isolates from 9 patients with proven invasive aspergillosis hospitalized in 2 different centers. No strains were shared between patients. For 8 of 9 patients, a single genotype was found for the isolates recovered from all anatomic sites involved.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aspergillosis / epidemiology*
Aspergillosis / microbiology*
Aspergillus fumigatus / classification*
Aspergillus fumigatus / genetics
Aspergillus fumigatus / isolation & purification*
DNA, Fungal / analysis
Genotype
Humans
Microsatellite Repeats / genetics*
Mycological Typing Techniques*
Organ Specificity

Substances

DNA, Fungal