Comparison between polymerase chain reaction and fungal culture for the detection of fungi in patients with chronic sinusitis and normal controls

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 72-75

  Sun, Tae Kim ^a   Jin, Ho Choi ^a   Heung, Gyu Jeon ^a   Heung, Eog Cha ^a   Yu, Jin Hwang ^a   Chung, Yoo Sam ^b,c  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chronic sinusitis; Culture; Fungus; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINUSITIS;

EID: 12344310051     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480410018133     Document Type: Article

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