Rapid identification of Candida albicans and other human pathogenic yeasts by using short oligonucleotides in a PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1634-1641

  Mannarelli, B M ^a   Kurtzman, C P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; FUNGAL DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMYCETALES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA HAEMULONII; CANDIDA MALTOSA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA SOJAE; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDA VISWANATHII; CANDIDA ZEYLANOIDES; LODDEROMYCES ELONGISPORUS; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0031980345     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.6.1634-1641.1998     Document Type: Article

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