Development of a species-specific probe for Pythium insidiosum and the diagnosis of pythiosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2411-2418

  Schurko, Andrew M ^a,d   Mendoza, Leonel ^b   De Cock, Arthur W A M ^c   Bedard, James E J ^a,e   Klassen, Glen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; FUNGUS CULTURE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOMYCETES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYTHIOSIS; PYTHIUM INSIDIOSUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DNA PROBES; HUMANS; INFECTION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PYTHIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BASIDIOBOLUS RANARUM; CONIDIOBOLUS; CONIDIOBOLUS CORONATUS; FUNGI; LAGENIDIUM; LAGENIDIUM GIGANTEUM; MAMMALIA; OOMYCETES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PROTOTHECA; PROTOTHECA WICKERHAMII; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM DESTRUENS; PYTHIUM INSIDIOSUM;

EID: 2942585326     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2411-2418.2004     Document Type: Article

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