Rapid discrimination between Candida glabrata, Candida nivariensis, and Candida bracarensis by use of a singleplex PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3375-3379

  Enache Angoulvant, A ^a,b   Guitard, J ^c,d   Grenouillet, F ^e,f   Martin, T ^g   Durrens, P ^g   Fairhead, C ^b   Hennequin, C ^c,d  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA BRACARENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA NIVARIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPL31 GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA;

EID: 80052207540     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00688-11     Document Type: Article

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