Urban Pigeons (Columba livia) as a Potential Source of Pathogenic Yeasts: A Focus on Antifungal Susceptibility of Cryptococcus Strains in Northeast Brazil

Improved diagnostic medium for separation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans (serotypes A and D) and Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii (serotypes B and C)

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Epidemiology of Candidemia in Brazil: a Nationwide Sentinel Surveillance of Candidemia in Eleven Medical Centers

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Application of CHROMagar Candida for rapid screening of clinical specimens for Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, Candida krusei, and Candida (Torulopsis) glabrata

Michael A. Pfaller, A. Houston, S Coffmann · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1996 · 288 citations · Full text

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SAPROPHYTIC SOURCES OF CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PIGEON (COLUMBA LIVIA)1

C. W. Emmons · American Journal of Epidemiology · 1955 · 285 citations

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In vitro antifungal activities of anidulafungin and micafungin, licensed agents and the investigational triazole posaconazole as determined by NCCLS methods for 12,052 fungal isolates: review of the literature.

Ana Espinel‐Ingroff · PubMed · 2003 · 242 citations

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