XII. PCR for detecting Pneumocystis carinii in clinical or environmental samples

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 97-101

  Lundgren, Bettina ^a   E Wakefield, Ann ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical sample; DNA amplification; Environmental sample; Pneumocystis carinii; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMOCYSTIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032148377     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00061-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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