Validation and clinical application of molecular methods for the identification of molds in tissue

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-56

  Paterson, P J ^a,b   Seaton, S ^a   McHugh, T D ^a   McLaughlin, J ^a   Potter, M ^b   Prentice, H G ^b   Kibbler, C C ^a,c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM; TISSUE CULTURE;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 29244485146     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498111     Document Type: Article

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