Development and validation of a molecular method for the diagnosis of medically important fungal infections

New Microbiologica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 308-312

  De Marco, Donata ^a,b   Perotti, Mario ^a,b   Ossi, Cristina M ^a   Burioni, Roberto ^a,b   Clementi, Massimo ^a,b   Mancini, Nicasio ^a,b  

^a Diagnostica e Ricerca San Raffaele   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drug resistant fungal species; Invasive fungal infections; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; DNA PROBE; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; DNA PROBES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGI; HUMANS; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA;

EID: 34547940636     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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