Polymerase Chain Reaction-And Rna Hybridization-Based Method for the Investigation of Deep-Seated Candidiasis

Peter R Couroux; Zafar Hussain; Frank Rutledge; Robert Lannigan; Edward D Ralph; Barbara Nancekivell; Thomas W Austin

doi:10.1155/1997/520178

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1997)

Polymerase Chain Reaction-And Rna Hybridization-Based Method for the Investigation of Deep-Seated Candidiasis

Peter R Couroux,
Zafar Hussain,
Frank Rutledge,
Robert Lannigan,
Edward D Ralph,
Barbara Nancekivell,
Thomas W Austin

Affiliations

Peter R Couroux: Department of Microbiology and Critical Care and Trauma Unit, Victoria Hospital, Canada
Zafar Hussain: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London Ontario, Canada
Frank Rutledge: Department of Microbiology and Critical Care and Trauma Unit, Victoria Hospital, Canada
Robert Lannigan: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London Ontario, Canada
Edward D Ralph: Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, The University of Western Ontario, London Ontario, Canada
Barbara Nancekivell
Thomas W Austin: Department of Microbiology and Critical Care and Trauma Unit, Victoria Hospital, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1997/520178
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 6
pp. 329 – 334

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the usefulness of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and RNA hybridization method for the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis and to compare its sensitivity with blood cultures.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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