Differentiation between Debaryomyces hansenii/Candida famata complex and Candida guilliermondii by polymerase chain reaction

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-129

  Nishikawa, Akemi ^a   Sugita, Takashi ^a   Shinoda, Takako ^a  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida famata; Candida guilliermondii; Debaryomyces hansenii; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030719499     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(97)00077-1     Document Type: Article

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