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. 1995 Jun;33(6):1682–1683. doi: 10.1128/jcm.33.6.1682-1683.1995

Involvement of multiple Cryptococcus neoformans strains in a single episode of cryptococcosis and reinfection with novel strains in recurrent infection demonstrated by random amplification of polymorphic DNA and DNA fingerprinting.

A Casadevall, E D Spitzer
PMCID: PMC228248  PMID: 7650217

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