Development and validation of a microsphere-based Luminex assay for rapid identification of clinically relevant aspergilli

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1096-1100

  Etienne, Kizee A ^a   Kano, Rui ^a,b   Balajee, S Arunmozhi ^a  

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

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; MICROSPHERE; RIBOSOME RNA; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASSAY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VALIDATION STUDY; ASPERGILLOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; ASPERGILLUS USTUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; MICROSPHERES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65249131099     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01899-08     Document Type: Article

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