A single-tube nested PCR for Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1597-1599

  Tang, Xing ^a   Bartlett, Marilyn S ^a   Smith, James W ^a   Lee, Chao Hung ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA TEMPLATE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE;

FUNGI; MUSTELA; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 0030915794     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.6.1597-1599.1997     Document Type: Article

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