Improvements of PCR-based identification targeting the DNA topoisomerase II gene to determine major species of the opportunistic fungi Candida and Aspergillus fumigatus

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 631-638

  Kanbe, Toshio ^a   Arishima, Takuro ^a   Horii, Toshinobu ^b   Kikuchi, Akihiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Candida; DNA topoisomerase II gene; PCR identification

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); FUNGAL DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; YEAST CELL;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0141480335     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03426.x     Document Type: Article

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