PCR-based identification of clinically relevant Pseudallescheria/Scedosporium strains

Medical Mycology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 61-67

  Wedde, M ^a   Muller D ^a   Tintelnot, K ^b   De Hoog, G S ^c   Stahl, U ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; ITS sequencing; PCR detection; Pseudallescheria boydii; rRNA; Scedosporium prolificans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MYCETOMA; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MADUROMYCOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEWAGE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 2642670310     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1998.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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