Comparison of six DNA extraction methods for recovery of fungal DNA as assessed by quantitative PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5122-5128

  Fredricks, David N ^a,b   Smith, Caitlin ^a   Meier, Amalia ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; REAGENT;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG LAVAGE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DNA, FUNGAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 26944433790     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.10.5122-5128.2005     Document Type: Article

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