PCR protocol for specific identification of Candida nivariensis, a recently described pathogenic yeast

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 6194-6196

  Alcoba Flórez, Julia ^a   Del Pilar Arévalo, María ^b   González Paredes, F Javier ^a   Cano, Josep ^c   Guarro, Josep ^c   Pérez Roth, Eduardo ^a   Méndez Álvarez, Sebastián ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA NIVARIENSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; FUNGI;

EID: 30744478706     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.12.6194-6196.2005     Document Type: Article

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