Cryptococcus species identification by multiplex PCR

Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 377-383

  Leal, Ana Lusia ^a   Faganello, Josiane ^a   Bassanesi, Maria Cristina ^b   Vainstein, Marilene H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Inst de Pesquisas Biológicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CGB; Cryptococcus gattii; Cryptococcus neoformans; Multiplex PCR

Indexed keywords

BROMOTHYMOL BLUE; CANAVANINE; GLYCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, FUNGAL; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 42349108972     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701824429     Document Type: Article

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