Molecular methods to improve diagnosis and identification of mucormycosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2151-2153

  Hammond, Sarah P ^a,c   Bialek, Ralf ^d   Milner, Danny A ^b,c   Petschnigg, Eva M ^a,e   Baden, Lindsey R ^a,c   Marty, Francisco M ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MVZ Labor Dr Krause und Kollegen   (Germany)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNNINGHAMELLA; CURVALARIA CLAVATA; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LICHTHEIMIA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MUCOR; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; MUCORALES; MUCORMYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOMUCOR; RHIZOPUS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MUCORALES; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MUCORALES;

EID: 79957503341     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00256-11     Document Type: Article

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