| characterisation of clinical isolates of the cryptococcus neoformans-c. gattii species complex from the amazonas state in brazil. | background: the differentiation and classification of pathogenic cryptococcus species provides useful data for epidemiological studies and for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of patients. objectives: the aim of this study was to characterise 40 clinical cryptococcus obtained from patients at the tropical medicine foundation of amazonas (fmtam) from 2006 to 2008. methods: it was used phenotypic (i.e., enzyme production and antifungal resistance) and molecular biological (ura5-rflp) experimen ... | 2011 | 21699993 |