Specific Oligonucleotide Primers for Identification of Cladophialophora carrionii, a Causative Agent of Chromoblastomycosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 404-407

  Abliz, Paride ^a   Fukushima, Kazutaka ^a   Takizawa, Kayoko ^a   Nishimura, Kazuko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOMYCOSIS; CLADOPHIALOPHORA CARRIONII; CLADOSPORIUM; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS; FONSECAEA PEDROSI; FONSECAEA VERRUCOSA; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPHOMYCETES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHIALOPHORA VERRUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; YEAST;

CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS; CLADOSPORIUM; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLADOPHIALOPHORA; CLADOPHIALOPHORA CARRIONII; CLADOSPORIUM; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. NEOFORMANS; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FONSECAEA; FONSECAEA PEDROSOI; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; PHIALOPHORA; PHIALOPHORA VERRUCOSA;

EID: 0346462912     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.404-407.2004     Document Type: Article

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