Development of a singleplex PCR assay for rapid identification and differentiation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii, Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans, Cryptococcus gattii, and hybrids

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1920-1923

  Feng, Xiaobo ^a   Fu, Xiaohua ^b   Ling, Bo ^a   Wang, Lei ^b   Liao, Wanqing ^c   Yao, Zhirong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOSS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; GENOME SIZE; HYBRID; INTRON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLEPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUGAR TRANSPORTER 1 GENE;

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. NEOFORMANS;

EID: 84878473044     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00064-13     Document Type: Article

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