Nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA) detection of medically important Candida species

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 81-90

  Widjojoatmodjo, Myra N ^a   Borst, Annemarie ^a   Schukkink, Rianne A F ^b   Box, Adrienne T A ^a   Tacken, Nicole M M ^b   Van Gemen, Bob ^b   Verhoef, Jan ^a   Top, Bert ^b   Fluit, Ad C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Organon Teknika   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Candida; Candidemia; NASBA; Nucleic acid amplification; rRNA

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA LUSITANIAE; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PURIFICATION;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLAVISPORA LUSITANIAE; FUNGI; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 0032872183     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00079-2     Document Type: Article

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