Histoplasmosis diagnosis using a polymerase chain reaction method. Application on human samples in French Guiana, South America

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 441-444

  Maubon, Danièle ^a   Simon, Stéphane ^a   Aznar, Christine ^a  

^a Equipe EA 3593   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum; Histoplasmosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRENCH GUIANA; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; FRENCH GUIANA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 34547698812     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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