Identification of fungemia agents using the polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 712-716

  Santos, M S ^a   Souza, E S ^a   Junior, R M S ^a   Talhari, S ^a   Souza, J V B ^a,b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DR HEITOR VIEIRA DOURADO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ddel; Fungemia agents; Identification; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 77957114650     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2010007500065     Document Type: Article

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