Rapid identification of Candida species with species-specific DNA probes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3260-3265

  Elie, Cheryl M ^a   Lott, Timothy J ^a   Reiss, Errol ^a   Morrison, Christine J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA RUGOSA; DNA PROBE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA HAEMULONII; CANDIDA KEFYR; CANDIDA LAMBICA; CANDIDA LUSITANIAE; CANDIDA NORVEGENSIS; CANDIDA NORVEGICA; CANDIDA PELLICULOSA; CANDIDA RUGOSA; CANDIDA UTILIS; CANDIDA VISWANATHII; CANDIDA ZEYLANOIDES; CLAVISPORA LUSITANIAE; FUNGI; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; PICHIA ANOMALA; PICHIA FERMENTANS; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; PICHIA JADINII; PICHIA NORVEGENSIS;

EID: 0031717334     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3260-3265.1998     Document Type: Article

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