Identification of extrapulmonary Pneumocystis carinii in immunocompromised rats by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1660-1665

  Chary Reddy, Saritha ^a   Graves, Don C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS CULTURE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029973057     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.7.1660-1665.1996     Document Type: Article

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