Systematic internal transcribed spacer sequence analysis for identification of clinical mold isolates in diagnostic mycology: A 5-year study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2809-2813

  Ciardo, Diana E ^a,b   Lucke, Katja ^a   Imhof, Alex ^a,c   Bloemberg, Guido V ^a   Böttger, Erik C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Institut Dr Viollier   (Switzerland)

^c Medizinische Klinik   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSES; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGI; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955456697     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00289-10     Document Type: Article

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