Rapid identification of ascomycetous yeasts from clinical specimens by a molecular method based on flow cytometry and comparison with identifications from phenotypic assays

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3167-3171

  Page, Brent T ^a   Shields, Christine E ^b   Merz, William G ^b   Kurtzman, Cletus P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYSTYRENE; UREASE;

ACCURACY; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CANDIDA; CANDIDA BOVINA; CANDIDA BRACARENSIS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA PALMIOLEOPHILA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE SEQUENCE; GERM TUBE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TIME; YEAST;

ASCOMYCOTA; DNA PROBES; DNA, FUNGAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748772568     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00390-06     Document Type: Article

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