Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification of Asp f I and Alkaline Protease Genes from Fungus Balls: Clinical Application in Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-27

  Urata, Tomoyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Makoto ^a   Imamura, Jun ^a   Tanaka, Yuji ^a   Muneishi, Hidenori ^a   Iwahara, Yoshihito ^a   Uemura, Yoshiki ^a   Taguchi, Hirokuni ^a   Miyoshi, Isao ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnosis; Respiratory secretion; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ASPF1 PROTEIN, ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; ORYZIN; PRIMER DNA; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; STATISTICS; VIRULENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPUTUM; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030637502     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.36.19     Document Type: Article

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