Fluorescence in situ hybridization with peptide nucleic acid probes for rapid identification of Candida albicans directly from blood culture bottles

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2182-2186

  Rigby, Susan ^a   Procop, Gary W ^a   Haase, Gerhard ^a   Wilson, Deborah ^a   Hall, Geraldine ^a   Kurtzman, Cletus ^a   Oliveira, Kenneth ^a   Von Oy, Sabina ^a   Hyldig Nielsen, Jens J ^a   Coull, James ^a   Stender, Henrik ^a  

^a Applied Biosystems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; FUNGAL RNA; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLOOD; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID PROBES; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGI; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 0036263198     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2182-2186.2002     Document Type: Article

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