Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2007, p. 2686-2690, Vol. 45, No. 8
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JCM.00917-07
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Molecular Typing of Aspergillus terreus Isolates Collected in Houston, Texas, and Innsbruck, Austria: Evidence of Great Genetic Diversity
Cornelia Lass-Flörl,1*
Katharina Grif,1 and
Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis2
Department of Hygiene, Social Medicine and Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria,1
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas2
Received 3 May 2007/
Returned for modification 29 May 2007/
Accepted 11 June 2007
Aspergillus terreus isolates collected from patients at The M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, and at The University Hospital of Innsbruck, Austria, were analyzed using random amplification of polymorphic DNA-PCR with three different primers. No strain similarity in either institution was detected, indicating great genetic diversity of A. terreus.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Hygiene, Microbiology and Social Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Fritz Pregl Str. 3, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. Phone: 43 0 512 9003 70725. Fax: 43 0 512 9003 73700. E-mail: cornelia.lass-floerl{at}i-med.ac.at
Published ahead of print on 20 June 2007.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2007, p. 2686-2690, Vol. 45, No. 8
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JCM.00917-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2007 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.