PCR methodology and applications for the detection of human fungal pathogens

Prospective multicentre PCR-based Aspergillus DNA screening in high-risk patients with and without primary antifungal mould prophylaxis

(2016) J. Springer et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Aspergillus PCR in serum for the diagnosis, follow-up and prognosis of invasive aspergillosis in neutropenic and nonneutropenic patients

(2016) S. Imbert et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Bipolaris oryzae, a novel fungal opportunist causing keratitis

(2016) Luxia Wang et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Diagnostic performance of a multiplex PCR assay for meningitis in an HIV-infected population in Uganda

(2016) Joshua Rhein et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Multiplex PCR with Magnetic Resonance Detection versus Empiric or Blood Culture-Directed Therapy for Management of Suspected Candidemia

(2016) Brandon Walker et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evaluation of two methods for direct detection of Fusarium spp. in water

(2016) Mariana G. Graça et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Development a diagnostic pan-dermatophyte TaqMan probe real-time PCR assay based on beta tubulin gene

(2016) Hossein Mirhendi et al.   MYCOSES

Characterisation of fatigue and its substantial impact on health status in a large cohort of patients with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA)

(2016) Khaled Al-shair et al.   RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

PCR and real-time PCR assays to detect fungi of Alternaria alternata species

(2015) Milena Kordalewska et al.   ACTA BIOCHIMICA POLONICA

Combining standard clinical methods with PCR showed improved diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with hematological malignancies and prolonged neutropenia

(2015) Melinda Paholcsek et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

T2 Magnetic Resonance Assay for the Rapid Diagnosis of Candidemia in Whole Blood: A Clinical Trial

(2015) Eleftherios Mylonakis et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Molecular identification of Mucorales in human tissues: contribution of PCR electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry

(2015) A. Alanio et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Clinical Performance of Aspergillus PCR for Testing Serum and Plasma: a Study by the European Aspergillus PCR Initiative

(2015) P. Lewis White et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Method for identification ofCryptococcus neoformansandCryptococcus gattiiuseful in resource-limited settings

(2015) Adepemi O Ogundeji et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

Pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV patients: a diagnostic challenge till date

(2015) Ravinder Kaur et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Biomarker-based diagnostic work-up of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompromised paediatric patients - isAspergillusPCR appropriate?

(2015) Dieter Buchheidt et al.   MYCOSES

Identification of invasive fungal diseases in immunocompromised patients by combining anAspergillusspecific PCR with a multifungal DNA-microarray from primary clinical samples

(2015) T. Boch et al.   MYCOSES

Innate Immune Molecule Surfactant Protein D Attenuates Sepsis-induced Acute Pancreatic Injury through Modulating Apoptosis and NF-κB-mediated Inflammation

(2015) Zhiyong Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

RNA shotgun metagenomic sequencing of northern California (USA) mosquitoes uncovers viruses, bacteria, and fungi

(2015) James Angus Chandler et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Role of PCR in the Diagnosis of Candida Vulvovaginitis—a New Gold Standard?

(2015) J. D. Sobel et al.   Current Infectious Disease Reports

Implementation of a Pan-Genomic Approach to Investigate Holobiont-Infecting Microbe Interaction: A Case Report of a Leukemic Patient with Invasive Mucormycosis

(2015) Samuel A. Shelburne et al.   PLoS One

Difficulties with molecular diagnostic tests for mould and yeast infections: where do we stand?

(2014) A. Alanio et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Molecular and Nonmolecular Diagnostic Methods for Invasive Fungal Infections

(2014) M. Arvanitis et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Performance of Galactomannan, Beta-D-Glucan, Aspergillus Lateral-Flow Device, Conventional Culture, and PCR Tests with Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

(2014) M. Hoenigl et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

PCR in Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis: a Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Performance

(2014) M. Arvanitis et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Case ofFusariumparonychia successfully treated with occlusive dressing of antifungal cream

(2014) Isamu Ikeda et al.   JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

DNA barcoding of clinically relevant Cunninghamella species

(2014) J. Yu et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Exserohilum infections: Review of 48 cases before the 2012 United States outbreak

(2014) A. Katragkou et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Assessment ofAspergillus-specific PCR as a screening method for invasive aspergillosis in paediatric cancer patients and allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell recipients with suspected infections

(2014) M. Reinwald et al.   MYCOSES

Mold Infections of the Central Nervous System

(2014) Matthew McCarthy et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Use of Nasopharyngeal Aspirate for Diagnosis of Pneumocystis Pneumonia

(2013) K. K. W. To et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

PCR Followed by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry for Broad-Range Identification of Fungal Pathogens

(2013) Christian Massire et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

A Real-Time PCR Assay for Rapid Detection and Quantification of Exserohilum rostratum, a Causative Pathogen of Fungal Meningitis Associated with Injection of Contaminated Methylprednisolone

(2013) Yanan Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Pneumocystis polymerase chain reaction and blood (1→3)-β-d-glucan assays to predict survival with suspected Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

(2013) Yasufumi Matsumura et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Diagnostic Performance of an Aspergillus-Specific Nested PCR Assay in Cerebrospinal Fluid Samples of Immunocompromised Patients for Detection of Central Nervous System Aspergillosis

(2013) Mark Reinwald et al.   PLoS One

T2 Magnetic Resonance Enables Nanoparticle-Mediated Rapid Detection of Candidemia in Whole Blood

(2013) L. A. Neely et al.   Science Translational Medicine

The emerging world of the fungal microbiome

(2013) Gary B. Huffnagle et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Large-Scale Evaluation of the Immuno-Mycologics Lateral Flow and Enzyme-Linked Immunoassays for Detection of Cryptococcal Antigen in Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid

(2012) Jessica Hansen et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Early Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary, Extrapulmonary, and Disseminated Mucormycosis (Zygomycosis)

(2012) Thomas J. Walsh et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Rapid direct identification of Cryptococcus neoformans from pigeon droppings by nested PCR using CNLAC1 gene

(2012) H. S. Chae et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Intra-Abdominal Fungal Infections Complicating Acute Pancreatitis: A Review

(2011) Guru Trikudanathan et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

High-frequency Triazole Resistance Found In Nonculturable Aspergillus fumigatus from Lungs of Patients with Chronic Fungal Disease

(2011) David W. Denning et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A Multicenter Evaluation of Tests for Diagnosis of Histoplasmosis

(2011) C. A. Hage et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Ochroconis gallopava: a dematiaceous mold causing infections in transplant recipients

(2011) Zubair A. Qureshi et al.   CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION

Quantitative PCR to diagnosePneumocystispneumonia in immunocompromised non-HIV patients

(2011) K. Mühlethaler et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

The Deferasirox–AmBisome Therapy for Mucormycosis (DEFEAT Mucor) study: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial

(2011) Brad Spellberg et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Molecular Methods To Improve Diagnosis and Identification of Mucormycosis: Fig. 1.

(2011) Sarah P. Hammond et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Detection of Blastomyces dermatitidis and Histoplasma capsulatum from Culture Isolates and Clinical Specimens by Use of Real-Time PCR

(2011) N. Esther Babady et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid Discrimination between Candida glabrata, Candida nivariensis, and Candida bracarensis by Use of a Singleplex PCR

(2011) A. Enache-Angoulvant et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

A real-time PCR assay for the differentiation of Candida species

(2010) S. Fricke et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Use of PCR Coupled with Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Identification of Bacterial and Yeast Bloodstream Pathogens from Blood Culture Bottles

(2010) E. J. Kaleta et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The impact of a PCR assay for candidemia on antifungal drug prescribing in critical care: An interrupted time series pilot study

(2010) R. McMullan et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Rapid identification of bacterial pathogens using a PCR- and microarray-based assay

(2009) Anna-Kaarina Järvinen et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Polymerase Chain Reaction for Diagnosing Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Non-HIV Immunocompromised Patients With Pulmonary Infiltrates

(2009) Élie Azoulay et al.   CHEST

Phaeohyphomycosis in a Tertiary Care Cancer Center

(2009) Ronen Ben‐Ami et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

PCR-based diagnosis of human fungal infections

(2009) Prasanna D Khot et al.   Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Identification of Cryptococcus gattii by Use of L-Canavanine Glycine Bromothymol Blue Medium and DNA Sequencing

(2009) K. R. Klein et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis—a cure at what lengths?

(2009) Dong Ming Li et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Aspergillus: a primer for the novice

(2009) J. W. Bennett   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Utility of Real-time PCR for the detection ofParacoccidioides brasiliensisDNA in the diagnosis of imported paracoccidioidomycosis

(2009) M. J. Buitrago et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

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(2008)   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A Prospective Clinical Trial of a Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Diagnosis of Candidemia in Nonneutropenic, Critically Ill Adults

(2008) R. McMullan et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Automated and Manual Methods of DNA Extraction for Aspergillus fumigatus and Rhizopus oryzae Analyzed by Quantitative Real-Time PCR

(2008) A. Francesconi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Quantitative Real-Time PCR Is Not More Sensitive than "Conventional" PCR

(2008) P. Bastien et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Detection of a Molecular Biomarker for Zygomycetes by Quantitative PCR Assays of Plasma, Bronchoalveolar Lavage, and Lung Tissue in a Rabbit Model of Experimental Pulmonary Zygomycosis

(2008) M. Kasai et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Cryptococcusspecies identification by multiplex PCR

(2008) Ana Lusia Leal et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Combined antifungal therapy in a murine model of disseminated infection byCladophialophora bantiana

(2008) Marçal Mariné et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Real-time PCR is more specific than conventional PCR for induced sputum diagnosis ofPneumocystispneumonia in immunocompromised patients without HIV infection

(2008) Tomoyuki FUJISAWA et al.   RESPIROLOGY