Use of Molecular Methods in Identification of Candida Species and Evaluation of Fluconazole Resistance

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1027-1032

  Cirak, Meltem Yalinay ^a   Kalkanci, Ayse ^a   Kustimur, Semra ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (AP PCR); Candida; restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; FUNGI; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 1342290393     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000800009     Document Type: Article

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