Publications by authors named "Joao Vicente De Souza"
Characterization of clinical isolates of the Cryptococcus neoformans-Cryptococcus gattii species complex from the Amazonas State in Brazil.
Babbyngttonn Khell Da Silva Ana Karla Freire Amaury Dos Santos Bentes Ivanete De Lima Sampaio Lucilaide Oliveira Santos João Vicente De Souza
Rev Iberoam Micol
July 2012
Background: The differentiation and classification of pathogenic Cryptococcus species provides useful data for epidemiological studies and for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of patients.
Aims: The aim of this study was to characterise 40 clinical Cryptococcus isolates obtained from patients at the Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas (FMTAM) from 2006 to 2008.
Methods: It was used phenotypic (i.