Use of DNA sequencing analysis to confirm fungemia due to Trichosporon dermatis in a pediatric patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1175-1177

  Gunn, Shelly R ^a,c   Reveles, Xavier T ^a   Hamlington, Jeanette D ^a   Sadkowski, Lee C ^b   Johnson Pais, Teresa L ^a   Jorgensen, James H ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGEMIA; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INOCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOSPORON; TRICHOSPORON DERMATIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRICHOSPORON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TRICHOSPORON DERMATIS;

EID: 33644885329     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.1175-1177.2006     Document Type: Article

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