Interlaboratory reproducibility of a microsatellite-based typing assay for Aspergillus fumigatus through the use of allelic ladders: Proof of concept

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-187

  de Valk, H A ^a   Meis, J F G M ^a   Bretagne, S ^b   Costa, J M ^b   Lasker, B A ^c   Balajee, S A ^d   Pasqualotto, A C ^e   Anderson, M J ^e   Alcazar fuoli L ^f   Mellado, E ^f   Klaassen, C H W ^a  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Bacterial Zoonosis Branch   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALLELIC LADDER; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONIDIUM; DNA ISOLATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE NUMBER; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 62149115344     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02656.x     Document Type: Article

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