Rapid detection of common pathogenic Aspergillus species by a novel real-time PCR approach

Mycoses

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 228-233

  Faber, Joerg ^a,b   Moritz, Nikola ^a   Henninger, Nicole ^a   Zepp, Fred ^a   Knuf, Markus ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive aspergillosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES INVASION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; FUNGI;

EID: 63849185775     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2008.01565.x     Document Type: Article

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