Detection of Aspergillus spp. by real-time PCR in a murine model of pulmonary infection;Detección de Aspergillus spp. mediante PCR en tiempo real en un modelo murino de infección pulmonar

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 464-468

  Buitrago, María José ^a   Gómez López, Alicia ^a   Mellado, Emilia ^a   Rodríguez Tudela, Juan Luis ^a   Cuenca Estrella, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal models; Aspergillus spp; Colony count; Invasive aspergillosis; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 27544440957     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13078823     Document Type: Article

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