Quantitative TaqMan PCR for detection of Pneumocystis jiroveci

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 381-387

  Brancart, Françoise ^a   Rodriguez Villalobos, Hector ^a   Fonteyne, Pierre Alain ^b   Peres Bota, Daliana ^b   Liesnard, Corinne ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; GENE TARGETING; GIEMSA STAIN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FUNGI; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 17644388502     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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