Comparison between the effectiveness of polymerase chain reaction and In situ hybridization in detecting the presence of pathogenic fungi by using the preserved DNA in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissues

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 173-179

  Zhi, Yuzhu ^a   Sasai, Daisuke ^a   Okubo, Yoichiro ^a   Shinozaki, Minoru ^a   Nakayama, Haruo ^b   Murayama, Somay Yamagata ^c   Wakayama, Megumi ^a   Ide, Tadashi ^d   Zhang, Zean ^e   Shibuya, Kazutoshi ^a,f  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHO UNIVERSITY OMORI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e Center for Drug Safety Evaluation   (Japan)

^f SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSES; PATHOLOGY, MOLECULAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878140021     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.66.173     Document Type: Article

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