Identification and Antifungal Susceptibility of Penicillium-Like Fungi from Clinical Samples in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Penicillium species are some of the most common fungi observed worldwide and have an important economic impact as well as being occasional agents of human and animal mycoses. A total of 118 isolates thought to belong to the genus Penicillium based on morphological features were obtained from the Fungus Testing Laboratory at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio (United States). The isolates were studied phenotypically using standard growth conditions. Molecular identification was made using two genetic markers, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and a fragment of the β-tubulin gene. In order to assess phylogenetic relationships, maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference assessments were used. Antifungal susceptibility testing was performed according to CLSI docume

SUBMITTER: Guevara-Suarez M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4963513 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature