Candida albicans identification: Comparison among nine phenotypic systems and a multiplex PCR

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 121-124

  Liguori, Giorgio ^a   Di Onofrio, V ^a   Galle F ^a   Lucariello, A ^a   Albano, L ^b   Catania, M R ^c   Guida, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

C. albicans; Multiplex PCR; Phenotypic identification; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 79251535319     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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