Detection of Histoplasma Capsulatum by Nested-PCR in Clinical Specimens

• Main Authors: María Teresa Colella, Sofía Mata, Claudia Hartung, Celina Pérez, Arantza Roselló, Carolina Olaizola, Carmen Fernández, Silvia Magaldi, Félix Toro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2007
• Subjects: histoplasmosis; PCR; ADN; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Triton
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/0d31ff9116a94e549776ef6d2b4a1900

Histoplasmosis is a systemic mycosis whose diagnosis is based on clinical, mycological and immunological criteria. Identification of its etiological agent in biological samples is difficult to perform. We evaluated a nested-PCR technique to identify Histoplasma capsulatum in clinical specimens (bloo...