Article
Rapid Detection of Candida albicans in Clinical Blood Samples by Using a TaqMan-Based PCR Assay
1 Jul 2003
Abstract excerpt
We describe a rapid and reproducible PCR assay for quantitation of the Candida albicans ribosomal DNA (rDNA) in clinical blood samples based on the TaqMan principle (Applied Biosystems), in which a signal is generated by cleavage of a template-specific probe during amplification. We used two fluorogenic probes based on universal, fungus-specific primers, one for the detection of C. albicans species DNA and one...
