Identificación de Histoplasma capsulatum en muestras clínicas mediante la técnica de PCR en dos rondas

• Main Authors: Colella María Teresa, Mata Sofía, Hartung Claudia, Pérez Celina, Roselló Arantza, Olaizola Carolina, Fernández Carmen, Magaldi Silvia, Toro Félix
• 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; RCP; DNA; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Hongo; Triton
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/a1d80ee4a9584124958d057553be3e33

Abstract: 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 speci...