Optimized 5-hour multiplex PCR test for the detection of tinea unguium: Performance in a routine PCR laboratory

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 828-831

  Brillowska Dabrowska, Anna ^a,b   Nielsen, Sanne Søgaard ^a   Nielsen, Henrik Vedel ^a   Arendrup, Maiken Cavling ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dermatophytosis; Diagnostics; Internal control; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MYCOLOGY; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

FUNGI;

EID: 77955881507     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903531579     Document Type: Article

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