Comparison of VITEK 2 with ITS2-Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis for Identification of Yeast Species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2209-2211

  Massonet, Caroline ^a,b   Van Eldere, Johan ^a,b   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^c   De Baere, Thierry ^c   Verhaegen, Jan ^b   Lagrou, Katrien ^b  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOSCHIZOMYCES; CANDIDA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA EXTRACTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SACCHAROMYCES; STANDARD; YEAST;

CANDIDA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCETALES; YEASTS;

CANDIDA; DIPODASCUS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 2442570985     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.2209-2211.2004     Document Type: Article

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