| Literature DB >> 18640803 |
Orazio Romeo1, Giuseppe Criseo.
Abstract
The authors report here a polymerase chain reaction-based assay using a single primer pair (CR-f/CR-r), allowing discrimination between Candida africana and Candida albicans by using the hwp1 gene. The method also identifies Candida dubliniensis because it produces 3 different DNA fragments: approximately 700 bp for C. africana, 941 bp for C. albicans, and 569 for C. dubliniensis.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18640803 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.05.014
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN: 0732-8893 Impact factor: 2.803