Detection of Cryptococcus neoformans gene in patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2826-2828

  Tanaka, Ken Ichi ^a   Miyazaki, Takashige ^a   Maesaki, Shigefumi ^a   Mitsutake, Kotaro ^a   Kakeya, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Yanagihara, Katsunori ^a   Hossain, Mohammad Ashraf ^a   Tashiro, Takayoshi ^a   Kohno, Shigeru ^a,b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 10244255125     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.11.2826-2828.1996     Document Type: Article

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