Detection and identification of fungal pathogens in blood by using molecular probes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1353-1360

  Einsele, Hermann ^a,d   Hebart, Holger ^a   Roller, Gottfried ^a   Löffler, Jürgen ^a   Rothenhöfer, Ines ^a   Müller, Claudia A ^a   Bowden, Raleigh A ^c   Van Burik, J O Anne ^c   Engelhard, Dan ^b   Kanz, Lothar ^a   Schumacher, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; FUNGI;

EID: 0030978298     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.6.1353-1360.1997     Document Type: Article

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