Rapid discrimination between Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis by using real-time polymerase chain reaction

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-369

  Somogyvari, Ferenc ^a   Doczi, Ilona ^a   Serly, Julianna ^a   Ahmad, Suhail ^b   Nagy, Elizabeth ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Candida dubliniensis; Real time PCR; SybrGreen

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CANDIDA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34347332188     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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