Development of a nested PCR assay for the detection of Fusarium solani DNA and its evaluation in the diagnosis of invasive fusariosis using an experimental mouse model

Mycoses

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-47

  Ahmad, Suhail ^a   Khan, Zia U ^a   Theyyathel, Ajmal M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Development; Evaluation; Experimental Fusarium infection; Fusarium solani; Nested PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM SOLANI; LUNG HOMOGENATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MOUSE; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; MUS;

EID: 72349084625     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2008.01657.x     Document Type: Article

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