Spectrum of zygomycete species identified in clinically significant specimens in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Several members of the order Mucorales (subphylum Mucoromycotina) are important agents of severe human infections. The identification of these fungi by using standard mycologic methods is often difficult and time consuming. Frequently, the etiological agent in clinical cases is reported either as a Mucor sp., which is not the most frequent genus of zygomycetes, or only as a member of the Mucorales. For this reason, the actual spectrum of species of zygomycetes and their incidences in the clinical setting is not well known. The goals of this study were to compare the results of the molecular identification of an important set of clinical isolates, received in a mycological reference center from different regions of the United States, with those obtained by using the traditional morphologica

SUBMITTER: Alvarez E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2691065 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature