A MIQE-compliant real-time PCR assay for aspergillus detection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Johnson, Gemma L ^a   Bibby, David F ^c   Wong, Stephenie ^d   Agrawal, Samir G ^a,b   Bustin, Stephen A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOMANNAN; GENOMIC DNA; RNA 18S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENOME; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROLYSIS; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOPUS; SCEDOSPORIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CALIBRATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; HUMANS; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA; FUSARIUM; RHIZOPUS; SCEDOSPORIUM;

EID: 84863657674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040022     Document Type: Article

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