Limitations of DNA sequencing for diagnosis of a mixed infection by two fungi, Phaeoacremonium venezuelense and a Plectophomella sp., in a transplant recipient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4279-4282

  Guarro, Josep ^a   Silvestre Jr , Agenor Messias ^c   Verkley, Gerard ^b   Cano, Josep ^a   Gompertz, Olga Fischman ^c   Gené, Josepa ^a   Ogawa, Marília Marufuji ^c   Tomimori Yamashita, Jane ^c   Teixeira, Solange Pistori ^c   De Almeida, Fernando Augusto ^b  

^a FACULTAT DE MEDICINA I CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAEOACREMONIUM VENEZUELENSE; PLECTOPHOMELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALE; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FUNGI; PHAEOACREMONIUM VENEZUELENSE; PLECTOPHOMELLA;

EID: 33750944770     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00496-06     Document Type: Article

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