Detection and identification of probable endemic fungal pathogen, Cryptococcus gattii, and worldwide pathogen, Cryptococcus neoformans, by real-time PCR

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 454-457

  Satoh, Kazuo ^a,b   Maeda, Mari ^a   Umeda, Yoshiko ^a   Miyajima, Yoshiharu ^c   Makimura, Koichi ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b The Association for Preventive Medicine of Japan   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus gattii; Cryptococcus neoformans; Molecular diagnosis; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

CAP59 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA CONTENT; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS COLONY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; KOALA; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NOTE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MYCOLOGY; NASAL MUCOSA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; PHASCOLARCTIDAE;

EID: 79957603014     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2011.00324.x     Document Type: Note

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