Fungal speciation using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (QPCR) in patients with and without chronic rhinosinusitis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1342-1348

  Murr, Andrew H ^a,c   Goldberg, Andrew N ^a   Vesper, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c General Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungus; Group I and group II fungi; Middle meatus; Polymerase chain reaction; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHINOSINUSITIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGI; HUMANS; MUCUS; NASAL CAVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SINUSITIS;

EID: 33746793673     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000225896.91392.6a     Document Type: Article

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