Identification of penicillium marneffei in paraffin-embedded tissue using nested PCR

Mycopathologia

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-35

  Zeng, Hanxiang ^a   Li, Xiqing ^a   Chen, Xiejie ^b   Zhang, Junmin ^a   Sun, Jiufeng ^a   Xie, Zhi ^a   Xi, Liyan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Nested PCR; Penicillium marneffei

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; PARAFFIN; PRIMER DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PARAFFIN; PENICILLIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; RATTUS;

EID: 67650627753     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-009-9195-7     Document Type: Article

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