Specific detection of Fusarium species in blood and tissues by a PCR technique

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2434-2438

  Hue, Francois Xavier ^a,b   Huerre, Michel ^a   Rouffault, Marie Ange ^a   De Bievre, Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAINING;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; NEOCOSMOSPORA VASINFECTA;

EID: 0032773376     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.8.2434-2438.1999     Document Type: Article

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