Oral candidiasis: A comparison between conventional methods and multiplex polymerase chain reaction for species identification

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-78

  Liguori, G ^a   Di Onofrio, V ^a   Lucariello, A ^a   Galle F ^b   Signoriello, G ^c   Colella, G ^c   D'Amora, M ^d   Rossano, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d Department of Surgery   (Italy)

Author keywords

Molecular diagnostic techniques; Oral candidiasis; Species identification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; THRUSH;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 57649236237     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2008.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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