Panfungal PCR assay for detection of fungal infection in human blood specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1169-1175

  Van Burik, Jo Anne ^a,b,c   Myerson, David ^a,b   Schreckhise, Randall W ^a   Bowden, Raleigh A ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031978294     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.5.1169-1175.1998     Document Type: Article

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