Molecular quantification and differentiation of Candida species in biological specimens of patients with liver cirrhosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2018, Pages

  Krohn, Sandra ^a,b   Zeller, Katharina ^a   Bohm, Stephan ^c   Chatzinotas, Antonis ^b   Harms, Hauke ^b   Hartmann, Jan ^d   Heidtmann, Anett ^b   Herber, Adam ^a   Kaiser, Thorsten ^a   Treuheit, Maud ^a   Hoffmeister, Albrecht ^a   Berg, Thomas ^a   Engelmann, Cornelius ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RNA 18S;

18S RRNA GENE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DUODENUM FLUID; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA SEQUENCE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DUODENUM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANDIDA; DNA, FUNGAL; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 85048946353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197319     Document Type: Article

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