Fungal PCR-assay for the detection of invasive aspergillosis;Pilz-Nukleinsaure-Nachweis bei invasiven aspergillosen

Mycoses, Supplement

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 65-68

  Rimek, Dagmar ^a,b,c   Garg, A P ^a,b,c   Kappe, R ^a,b,c   Sonntag, H G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CH CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Hygiene Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

18S rRNA gene; Aspergillosis; Fungal PCR; Invasive mycosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCELIUM; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LUNG MYCOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; FUNGI; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032418457     PISSN: 09437312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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