Development of specific sequence-characterized amplified region markers for detecting Histoplasma capsulatum in clinical and environmental samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 673-679

  Frías De León, María Guadalupe ^a   López, Gabina Arenas ^a   Taylor, Maria Lucia ^a   Altamirano, Gustavo Acosta ^b   Del Rocío Reyes Montes, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL JUÁREZ DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP M ANTIGEN; FUNGAL DNA; MOLECULAR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GUANO SAMPLE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE CHARACTERIZED AMPLIFIED REGION MARKER; SOIL POLLUTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84857386430     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05271-11     Document Type: Article

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