Usefulness of panfungal PCR for the diagnosis of fungal infection in immunocompromised patients;Intérêt de l'amplification génique à l'aide d'amorces universelles dans le diagnostic des infections fongiques chez le patient immunodéprimé

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 52, Issue 9 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 544-549

  Adam, O ^a   Merad, M ^a   Antoun, S ^a   Bourhis, J H ^a   Gachot, B ^a   Casiraghi, O ^a   Chachaty, E ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Amplification g nique universelle; Infections fongiques profondes; Invasive fungal infection; Neutropenia; Neutrop nie; Panfungal PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL DETECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVER BIOPSY; MYCOSIS; OSTEITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM; STERNUM;

EID: 8644260732     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2004.07.034     Document Type: Article

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