RESUMO

One hundred clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and non-HIV-infected patients from Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela were separated according to varieties and tested for antifungal susceptibility. A high susceptibility to antifungal agents was observed among all the isolates. The electrophoretic karyotyping of 51 strains revealed good discrimination among Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans strains.

Assuntos

Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS/microbiologia , Antifúngicos/farmacologia , Criptococose/microbiologia , Cryptococcus neoformans/classificação , Cryptococcus neoformans/efeitos dos fármacos , Brasil , Chile , Cryptococcus neoformans/genética , Eletroforese/métodos , Humanos , Cariotipagem/métodos , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Venezuela