Table 2 Associations between phenotype and genotype of H. capsulatum isolates from Ceará, Brazil.

From: Novel clinical and dual infection by Histoplasma capsulatum genotypes in HIV patients from Northeastern, Brazil

Phenotype

BR1 genotype

BR2 genotype

p-value

Color

Pale

25 (71.4%)

11 (68.8%)

0.846

Dark

10 (28.6%)

5 (31.2%)

Texture

Cotony

30 (85.7%)

12 (75%)

0.352

Powdery

5 (14.3%)

4 (25%)

Micromorfology

Macroconidia+

26 (64.3%)

12 (75%)

0.957

Macroconidia−

9 (25.7%)

4 (25%)

Exoantigen

M antigen

15 (42.8%)

7 (43.8%)

0.952

M and H antigen

20 (57.2%)

9 (56.2%)

Mating

 

MAT1-1

13 (37.1%)

11 (68.8%)

0.036

MAT1-2

22 (62.9%)

5 (31.2%)