Detection and identification of Candida spp. in human serum by LightCycler® real-time polymerase chain reaction

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-271

  Dunyach, Catherine ^a   Bertout, Sébastien ^a   Phelipeau, Cécile ^b   Drakulovski, Pascal ^a   Reynes, Jacques ^c   Mallié, Michele ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

^c GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Real time PCR; Systemic candidiasis

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 39149102140     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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