[Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, molecular biologic methods and antimyocotic susceptibility patterns for identification and differentiation of cryptococcus species].

Molecular biological methods as well as the FTIR method allows the rapid, reliable and reproducible determination and identification of Cryptococcus species from human, veterinary and environmental origin and their serovars. The results obtained by FTIR could be verified by the molecular methods. In addition, with the PCR and FTIR fingerprinting methods it is possible to distinctly group the serovars and differentiate the different Cryptococcus strains.