First report of brain abscess associated with Pseudozyma species in a patient with astrocytoma.
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A yeast-like strain was isolated from the brain abscess of a patient diagnosed with astrocytoma. Morphological and molecular analysis on D1/D2 domain in the 26S rRNA gene and internal transcript spacer region of the strain revealed that the strain belonged to the genus Pseudozyma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the isolation of a Pseudozyma strain from brain abscess.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Korean journal of laboratory medicine
دوره 30 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010