Evaluation of the yeast traffic light PNA FISH probes for identification of Candida species from positive blood cultures

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1446-1448

  Hall, Leslie ^a   Le Febre, Kara M ^a   Deml, Sharon M ^a   Wohlfiel, Sherri L ^a   Wengenack, Nancy L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ACCURACY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA BRACARENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA LAMBICA; CANDIDA NIVARIENSIS; CANDIDA ORTHOPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLAVISPORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; ERYTHROCYTE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GEOTRICHUM; HANSENIASPORA; HISTOPLASMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR PROBE; NAKASEOMYCES DELPHENSIS; NONHUMAN; PICHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; RNA SEQUENCE; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRICHOSPORON; YEAST;

CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDA; PICHIA FERMENTANS; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA;

EID: 84858591340     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06148-11     Document Type: Article

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