A multiplex nested PCR for the detection and identification of Candida species in blood samples of critically ill paediatric patients

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Taira, Cleison L ^a   Okay, Thelma S ^a   Delgado, Artur F ^a   Ceccon, Maria Esther Jurfest R ^a   de Almeida, Margarete Teresa G ^b   Del Negro, Gilda Maria B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Candida spp; Candidaemia; Diagnosis; ICU; Multiplex PCR; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDEMIA; CHILD; CLAVISPORA LUSITANIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WICKERHAMOMYCES ANOMALUS;

ADOLESCENT; CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84904447384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-406     Document Type: Article

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