Identification of candida spp. by phenotypic tests and PCR

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 286-294

  Marinho, Sandra Aparecida ^a   Teixeira, Alice Becker ^a   Santos, Otávio Silveira ^a   Cazanova, Ricardo Flores ^a   Ferreira, Carlos Alexandre Sanchez ^a   Cherubini, Karen ^a   de Oliveira, Sílvia Dias ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Candida spp.; Identification; PCR; Phenotypic tests

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

EID: 77950987935     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822010000200004     Document Type: Article

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