Candida identification: A journey from conventional to molecular methods in medical mycology

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1437-1451

  Alam, Mohammad Zubair ^a   Alam, Qamre ^a   Jiman Fatani, Asif ^a   Kamal, Mohammad Amjad ^a   Abuzenadah, Adel M ^a   Chaudhary, Adeel G ^a   Akram, Mohammad ^a   Haque, Absarul ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Candida; Candidaemia; CMA; Germ tube test; MALDI TOF; PNA FISH; RAPD; RFLP

Indexed keywords

INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; YEAST;

CANDIDAEMIA; CMA; GERM TUBES; MALDI-TOF; RAPD; RFLP;

CANDIDA;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY;

CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, MOLECULAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897912647     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-013-1574-z     Document Type: Review

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