Development and evaluation of a calibrator material for nucleic acid-based assays for diagnosing Aspergillosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2403-2405

  Lyon, G Marshall ^a,b   Abdul Ali, Deborah ^a,b   Loeffler, Juergen ^c,d   White, P Lewis ^d,e   Wickes, Brian ^f,g   Herrera, Monica L ^f,g   Alexander, Barbara D ^b,h   Baden, Lindsey R ^b,i   Clancy, Cornelius ^b,j   Denning, David ^b,k   Nguyen, M Hong ^b,j   Sugrue, Michele ^b,l   Wheat, L Joseph ^b,m   Wingard, John R ^b,l   Donnelly, J Peter ⁿ   Barnes, Rosemary ^o   Patterson, Thomas F ^f,g   Caliendo, Angela M ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Aspergillus Technology Consortium (AsTeC)   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d Laboratory Working Group European Aspergillus PCR Initiative (EAPCRI)   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^g Invasive Aspergillosis Animal Models (IAAM)   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^m MIRAVISTA DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

ⁿ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^o CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CALIBRATOR; CENTRIFUGATION; DNA PURIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE TARGETING; INCUBATION TIME; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ASPERGILLUS; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

ASPERGILLUS;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 84879450059     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00744-13     Document Type: Article

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