Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of invasive fungal disease

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 822-826

  Lu, Qiao Yun ^a   Yu, Jin ^a   Gao, Lu Juan ^a   Zheng, Gang ^b   Li, Ruo Yu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Mycoses; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOMUCOR; RHIZOMUCOR VARIABILIS; RHIZOPUS ARRHIZUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGI; HUMANS; MYCOSES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84868288656     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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