title: Characterization of Coccidioides immitis isolates by restriction fragment length polymorphisms.
abstract: The marked increase in the number of cases of coccidioidomycosis in California in 1992 led to a study of isolates from various patients and environmental sources by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. Of 15 different isolates, most of the isolates (13 of 15) from California and 1 from Venezuela yielded one main RFLP pattern with evidence of two subgroups. The other two isolates (both from patients in the San Joaquin Valley of California) yielded a different RFLP pattern.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Snedker
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pappagianis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003045:Coccidioides / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal