Candida africana sp. nov., a new human pathogen or a variant of Candida albicans?

Tietz, Helmuth; Hopp, Michael; Schmalreck, A.; Sterry, Wolfram; Czaika, V.

doi:10.1046/j.1439-0507.2001.00707.x

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Candida africana sp. nov., a new human pathogen or a variant of Candida albicans?

Published in Mycoses • Dec 1, 2001

Authors:

Helmuth Tietz

Michael Hopp

A. Schmalreck

Abstract

Atypical Candida strains were isolated from patients in Madagascar, Angola and Germany. These isolates were slow growing and were unable to produce chlamydospores. They had atypical carbohydrate assimilation profiles. All strains were unable to assimilate the amino sugars N-acteylglucosamine and glu...

Subject

Candida dubliniensis

Chlamydospore

Biology

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