Standardization of fungal polymerase chain reaction for the early diagnosis of invasive fungal infection

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 406-410

  Deshpande, P ^a   Shetty, A ^a   Mehta, A ^a   Kapadia, F ^a   Hedge, A ^a   Soman, R ^a   Rodrigues, C ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Candida; nested polymerase chain reaction; polymerase chain reaction; restriction enzyme digestion

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS;

EID: 82555191308     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.90179     Document Type: Article

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