Supplemental utility of nested PCR for the pathological diagnosis of disseminated trichosporonosis

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 451, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 929-935

  Sano, Makoto ^a   Sugitani, Masahiko ^a   Ishige, Toshiyuki ^a   Homma, Taku ^a   Kikuchi, Kentaro ^a   Sunagawa, Keishin ^a   Obana, Yukari ^a   Uehara, Yuki ^a,b   Kumasaka, Kazunari ^a   Uenogawa, Kumi ^a   Kobayashi, Sumiko ^a   Hatta, Yoshihiro ^a   Takeuchi, Jin ^a   Nemoto, Norimichi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fungemia; Nested PCR; Pathological diagnosis; Trichosporon

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DISSEMINATED TRICHOSPORONOSIS; DNA PURIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOSPORON;

DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRICHOSPORON;

EID: 35848957685     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-007-0484-6     Document Type: Article

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