False-positive Histoplasma capsulatum gen-probe chemiluminescent test result caused by a Chrysosporium species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1456-1458

  Brandt, Mary E ^a,e   Gaunt, Dennis ^b   Iqbal, Naureen ^a   McClinton, Shirley ^a   Hambleton, Sarah ^c   Sigler, Lynne ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Agriculture and Agri Food Canada   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHRYSOSPORIUM; CROSS REACTION; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOXIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CHRYSOSPORIUM; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HISTOPLASMA; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; CHRYSOSPORIUM; NANNIZZIOPSIS VRIESII;

EID: 14944377924     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1456-1458.2005     Document Type: Article

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