Analysis of performance of a PCR-based assay to detect DNA of Aspergillus fumigatus in whole blood and serum: A comparative study with clinical samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3596-3599

  Bernal Martínez, Leticia ^a   Gago, Sara ^a   Buitrago, María J ^a   Gomez Lopez, Alicia ^a   Rodríguez Tudela, Juan L ^a   Cuenca Estrella, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOOD; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOLOGY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 80053534345     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00647-11     Document Type: Article

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