Comparison of staining techniques and multiplex nested PCR for diagnosis of intestinal microsporidiosis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 248-249

  Saigal, Karnika ^a   Khurana, Sumeeta ^a   Sharma, Aman ^a   Sehgal, Rakesh ^a   Malla, Nancy ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Encephalitozoon intestinalis; Enterocytozoon bieneusi; Microsporidia; Opportunistic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCOFLUOR STAINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FUNGAL DETECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; TRICHROME STAIN;

DIARRHOEA; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; MICROSPORIDIA; OPPORTUNISTIC;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84885388590     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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