title: Genetic relatedness and diversity of Cryptococcus neoformans strains in the Maltese Islands.
abstract: The genetic relatedness of clinical and environmental Cryptococcus neoformans strains in the Maltese Islands was investigated by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting with four primers. The clinical strains isolate over the course of 1 year from AIDS patients showed identical fingerprints. The electrophoretic patterns of the two clinical strains were also the most common patterns among the environmental strains, but the patterns among the environmental strains showed a wide variability and no correlation with the site of isolation.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Microbiologia, Facoltà di Scienze, Università di Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lo Passo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pernice
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barbara
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Luck
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Criseo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pernice
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D008319:Malta / Q000453:epidemiology; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004271:DNA, Fungal