Development of a rapid real-time PCR assay for quantitation of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2989-2993

  Larsen, Hans Henrik ^a   Kovacs, Joseph A ^a   Stock, Frida ^a   Vestereng, Vibeke H ^a   Lundgren, Bettina ^a   Fischer, Steven H ^a   Gill, Vee J ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMID; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036702382     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.2989-2993.2002     Document Type: Article

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