• Title of article

    DETECTION OF CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS BY SEMINESTED PCR IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

  • Author/Authors

    BASIRI JAHROMI, SH Pasteur Institute of Iran - Tehran , ABACHI, M Pasteur Institute of Iran - Tehran

  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    62
  • To page
    65
  • Abstract
    Life-threatening infections caused by the encapsulated fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans have been increasing steadily over the past 10 years. Cryptococcus neoformans is recognized as the most frequent fungal infection of the central nervous system (CNS) in immunocompetent as well as immunocompromised patients. We report the development of a semi-nested- PCR-based assay for the detection of C. neoformans in less than 100 yeast cells per ml of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
  • Keywords
    CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS , PCR , SEMI-NESTED PCR , CSF
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Record number

    2473010

    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=10&DC=2473010