Detection of aspergillus in lung and other tissue samples using the mycassay aspergillus real-time PCR kit

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 765-768

  Lass Florl C ^a   Follett, S A ^b   Moody, A ^b   Denning, D W ^b,c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Myconostica Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus flavus; Aspergillus fumigatus; Aspergillus terreus; Invasive fungal infection; PCR

Indexed keywords

LYTICASE; PROTEINASE K; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; FUNGAL DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MICROSCOPY; MYCOSIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CULTURE;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS;

EID: 80052217399     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w11-064     Document Type: Note

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