A consensus on fungal polymerase chain reaction diagnosis?: A United Kingdom-Ireland evaluation of polymerase chain reaction methods for detection of systemic fungal infections

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 376-384

  White, P Lewis ^a   Barton, Richard ^b   Guiver, Malcolm ^c   Linton, Christopher J ^c   Wilson, Steve ^d   Smith, Melvyn ^e   Gomez, Beatriz L ^f   Carr, Michael J ^g   Kimmitt, Patrick T ^h   Seaton, Shila ^f   Rajakumar, Kumar ^h   Holyoake, Tessa ⁱ   Kibbler, Chris C ^f   Johnson, Elizabeth ^c   Hobson, Richard P ^b   Jones, Brian ⁱ   Barnes, Rosemary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FREEZE THAWING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRELAND; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATISFACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS DETECTION;

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA;

EID: 33745986710     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2006.050120     Document Type: Article

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