Aspergillus and penicillium

Manual of Clinical Microbiology: Tenth Edition

Volumn 2-2, Issue , 2022, Pages 1836-1852

  Balajee, S Arunmozhi ^a   Brandt, Mary E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

A spergillus fumigatus; A spergillus species; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); PCR based assays; Penicillium marneffei

Indexed keywords

EID: 85188869778     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555816728.ch117     Document Type: Chapter

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