Detection of Aspergillus fumigatus hyphae by solid phase cytometry

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 557-564

  De Vos, Muriel M ^a   Nelis, Hans J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; ChemScan ; Filamentous fungi; Solid phase cytometry (SPC)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SOLID PHASE CYTOMETRY; STAINING;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 0242352472     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(03)00174-X     Document Type: Article

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