Fungal Molecular Diagnostics

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 391-408

  Wengenack, Nancy L ^a   Binnicker, Matthew J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Fungi; Molecular; PCR; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; ZYGOMYCETES;

FUNGI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOSES;

EID: 64249095084     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2009.02.014     Document Type: Review

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