Utility of Real-time PCR for the detection of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis DNA in the diagnosis of imported paracoccidioidomycosis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 879-882

  Buitrago, M J ^a   Merino, P ^b   Puente, S ^c   Gomez Lopez, A ^a   Arribi, A ^b   Zancope Oliveira R M ^d   Gutierrez, M C ^d   Rodriguez Tudela, J L ^a   Cuenca Estrella, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^d Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endemic mycoses; Paracoccidioidomycosis; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR PROBE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; SPUTUM; BLOOD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETICS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SKIN; SPAIN;

DNA, FUNGAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SPAIN; SPUTUM;

PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 73649107607     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780802713208     Document Type: Article

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