Rapid identification of Sporothrix species by T3B fingerprinting

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2159-2162

  De Oliveira, Manoel Marques Evangelista ^a   Sampaio, Paula ^b   Almeida Paes, Rodrigo ^a   Pais, Célia ^b   Gutierrez Galhardo, Maria Clara ^a   Zancope Oliveira, Rosely Maria ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; GENOMIC DNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTHRIX BRASILIENSIS; SPOROTHRIX GLOBOSA; SPOROTHRIX MEXICANA; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

CALMODULIN; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPOROTHRIX;

SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 84862070695     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00450-12     Document Type: Article

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