Assessment of genotyping markers in the molecular characterization of a population of clinical isolates of Fusarium in Colombia

• Published in: Biomédica
• Main Authors: Valeria Velásquez-Zapata, Katherine Palacio-Rúa, Luz E. Cano, Adelaida Gaviria-Rivera
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2022
• Subjects: fusarium; fusariosis; genotyping techniques; bacteriophage m13; elongin; genetics; population; dna fingerprinting; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Gaston
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.5869; https://doaj.org/article/68627c04887f404295039d232706136c

Introduction: Fusarium is a very heterogeneous group of fungi, difficult to classify, with a wide range of living styles, acting as saprophytes, parasites of plants, or pathogens for humans and animals. Prevalence of clinical fusariosis and lack of effective treatments have increased the interest in...