An update on the molecular diagnosis of invasive fungal disease

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  White, P Lewis ^a   Perry, Michael D ^a   Barnes, Rosemary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Candida; Fungal PCR; IFD; Mucorales

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUSARIOSIS; HUMAN; HYALOHYPHOMYCOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MUCORALES; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; MUCORALES;

EID: 67149120808     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01575.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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