Evaluation of VITEK 2 and RapID Yeast plus systems for yeast species identification: Experience at a large clinical microbiology laboratory

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1343-1346

  Sanguinetti, Maurizio ^a   Porta, Rosaria ^a   Sali, Michela ^a   La Sorda, Marilena ^a   Pecorini, Giovanni ^a   Fadda, Giovanni ^a   Posteraro, Brunella ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YEASTS;

EID: 34247226157     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02469-06     Document Type: Article

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