Nested PCR assays for detection of Blastomyces dermatitidis DNA in paraffin-embedded canine tissue

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 205-208

  Bialek, Ralf ^a   Cascante Cirera, Anna ^a   Herrmann, Tanja ^a   Aepinus, Christian ^b   Shearn Bochsler, Valerie I ^c   Legendre, Alfred M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; FUNGAL DNA; PARAFFIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DOG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; LYMPHOSARCOMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMYCES; DNA, FUNGAL; DOGS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; AJELLOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLASTOMYCES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ONYGENACEAE;

EID: 0037232113     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.205-208.2003     Document Type: Article

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