A real-time PCR assay for the differentiation of Candida species

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1150-1158

  Fricke, S ^a,b   Fricke, C ^c   Schimmelpfennig, C ^a   Oelkrug, C ^a   Schonfelder U ^e   Blatz, R ^b   Zilch, C ^a   Faber, S ^a   Hilger, N ^a   Ruhnke, M ^d   Rodloff, A C ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CELL THERAPY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c Ambulatorium Sursee   (Switzerland)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Evangelic Diaconic Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

diagnosis; fungi; identification; LightCycler PCR; mycology

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; MELTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YEAST;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA SPECIES; DETECTION/IDENTIFICATION; IDENTIFICATION; LIGHTCYCLER; LIGHTCYCLER PCR; MELTING CURVE ANALYSIS; PCR ASSAY; REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

CANDIDA;

ASSAY; CROSS SECTION; DETECTION METHOD; DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MELTING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERUM; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGI;

EID: 77956931042     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04736.x     Document Type: Article

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