Rapid identification of candida species by TaqMan PCR

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 362-366

  Guiver, M ^a   Levi, K ^a   Oppenheim, B A ^a  

^a WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candida identification; Polymerase chain reaction; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; FUNGAL DNA; PHOSPHODIESTERASE I;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KEFYR; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DEVICE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VIRUS;

CANDIDA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; DNA, FUNGAL; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035008743     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.54.5.362     Document Type: Article

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