Development of a single tube multiplex real-time PCR to detect the most clinically relevant Mucormycetes species

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages E1-

  Bernal Martinez L ^a   Buitrago, M J ^a   Castelli, M V ^a   Rodriguez Tudela, J L ^a   Cuenca Estrella, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fungal invasive infection; Mucormycetes; Multiplex real time

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MUCOR; MUCORMYCETES; MUCORMYCOSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS MICROSPORUS; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE TUBE MULTIPLEX REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARDIZATION;

MUCOR; RHIZOPUS MICROSPORUS; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE;

EID: 84871621759     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03976.x     Document Type: Article

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