Emergence of aureobasidium pullulans as human fungal pathogen and molecular assay for future medical diagnosis

• Main Authors: Chan, Giek Far, Puad, Mohamad Safwan Ahmad, Chin, Chai Fung, Abdul Rashid, Noor Aini
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer Netherlands 2011
• Subjects: QH301 Biology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/29036/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12223-011-0070-9

Despite the great importance of Aureobasidium pullulans in biotechnology, the fungus had emerged as an opportunistic human pathogen, especially among immunocompromised patients. Clinical detection of this rare human fungal pathogen presently relies on morphology diagnosis which may be misleading. Th...