Genetic identification and detection of human pathogenic Rhizopus species, a major mucormycosis agent, by multiplex PCR based on internal transcribed spacer region of rRNA gene

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-31

  Nagao, Keisuke ^a   Ota, Takayuki ^a   Tanikawa, Akiko ^a   Takae, Yujiro ^a   Mori, Tetsuya ^a   Udagawa, Shun Ichi ^b   Nishikawa, Takeji ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN FOOD RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mucormycosis; PCR; Rhizopus; Scanning electron microscopy; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; PARAFFIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUCORMYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS AZYGOSPORUS; RHIZOPUS MICROSPORUS; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; SAMPLE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERUM; SKIN INFECTION; SPECIES; SPORANGIUM;

ADOLESCENT; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUCORMYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOPUS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 20644431985     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2005.01.010     Document Type: Article

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