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Combined used of RAPD and touchdown PCR for epidemiological studies of Aspergillus fumigatus.
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica - 1 Nov 2003
Treviño-Castellano Mercedes, Rodríguez-Nóvoa Sonia, Llovo-Taboada José, García-Zabarte Angeles, García-Riestra Carlos, Regueiro-García Benito José
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INTRODUCTION: Aspergillus fumigatus is a filamentous fungus that acts as an opportunistic pathogen and has emerged as a major problem in immunosuppressed patients. Nosocomial outbreaks of aspergillosis are becoming more frequent, but their identification and epidemiological characterization is slow and difficult. OBJECTIVE: Description of a fast, sensitive, specific method to identify and fingerprint A. fumigatus...
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