Validation and clinical application of a molecular method for identification of Histoplasma capsulatum in human specimens in Colombia, South America

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-67

  Muñoz, Cesar ^a,b,c   Gómez, Beatriz L ^c   Tobón, Angela ^a,b,d   Arango, Karen ^a,b   Restrepo, Angela ^a,b   Correa, Margarita M ^b   Muskus, Carlos ^b   Cano, Luz Elena ^a,b   González, Angel ^a,b  

^a Unidad de Biología Celular y Molecular   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

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

^d E S E Hospital La María   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER;

ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COLOMBIA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 74549143872     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00332-09     Document Type: Article

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