High-resolution melting analysis for identification of the Cryptococcus neoformans-Cryptococcus gattii complex

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3663-3666

  Gago, Sara ^a   Zaragoza, Óscar ^a   Cuesta, Isabel ^a   Rodriǵuez Tudela, Juan L ^a   Cuenca Estrella, Manuel ^a   Buitrago, Mariá J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RIBOSOME DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MYCOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. NEOFORMANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 80053512749     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01091-11     Document Type: Article

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