Use of peptide nucleic acid-fluorescence in situ hybridization for definitive, rapid identification of five common Candida species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3802-3803

  Reller, Megan E ^a   Mallonee, Amanda B ^a   Kwiatkowski, Nicole P ^a   Merz, William G ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDA; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID PROBES; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS;

CANDIDA;

EID: 36348944126     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01127-07     Document Type: Article

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