Single-stranded conformation polymorphism of large subunit of ribosomal RNA is best suited to diagnosing fungal infections and differentiating fungi at species level

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-51

  Kumar, Manish ^a   Shukla, Praveen Kumar ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Fungal rRNA; Polymerase chain reaction; Single stranded conformation polymorphism

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; KERATITIS; MYCOSIS; NAIL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA GENE; SINGLE STRANDED CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SKIN INFECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; FUNGI; HUMANS; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 33747803015     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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