Immunomagnetic isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans by beads coated with anti-Cryptococcus serum

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-144

  Katsu, Masakazu ^a   Ando, Akikazu ^a   Ikeda, Reiko ^b   Mikami, Yuzuru ^a   Nishimura, Kazuko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Environmental isolate; Immunomagnetic separation; Magnetic beads

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FECES; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COLUMBA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0038246463     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.44.139     Document Type: Article

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