Detection of Histoplasma capsulatum DNA in human samples by real-time polymerase chain reaction

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 268-273

  Simon, Stephane ^a   Veron, Vincent ^a   Boukhari, Rachida ^b   Blanchet, Denis ^a   Aznar, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^b Centre hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais Frank Joly   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

Culture; Diagnosis; Histoplasma capsulatum; Human samples; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77349101312     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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