Rapid, simple, and low-cost identification of Candida species using high-resolution melting analysis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-285

  Arancia, Silvia ^a   Sandini, Silvia ^a   De Bernardis, Flavia ^a   Fortini, Daniela ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida spp.; Early diagnosis; High resolution melting analysis (HRMA); MP65

Indexed keywords

MANNOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; COST; DNA DENATURATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79951876768     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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