Rapid and simple differentiation of C. dubliniensis from C. albicans

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-151

  Graf, Barbara ^a   Trost, Anja ^a   Eucker, Jan ^a   Göbel, Ulf B ^a   Adam, Thomas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS;

EID: 1242337481     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2003.09.016     Document Type: Article

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