Rapid identification of up to three Candida species in a single reaction tube by a 5' exonuclease assay using fluorescent DNA probes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 165-170

  Shin, Jong Hee ^a   Nolte, Frederick S ^b   Holloway, Brian P ^c   Morrison, Christine J ^d,e  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; DNA POLYMERASE; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL DNA; HEXACHLORO 6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE I; RIBOSOME RNA; TETRACHLORO 6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGI; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 0005766607     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.165-170.1999     Document Type: Article

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