Utility of random amplified polymorphic DNA PCR and TaqMan automated detection in molecular identification of Aspergillus fumigatus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2057-2062

  Brandt, Mary E ^a,c   Padhye, Arvind A ^a   Mayer, Leonard W ^a   Holloway, Brian P ^b  

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

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOANALYZER; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; NEOSARTORYA; NEOSARTORYA FENNELLIAE; PAECILOMYCES; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 0031837586     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.7.2057-2062.1998     Document Type: Article

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