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Aspergillosis Diagnostics
Invasive aspergillosis and mucormycosis rapidly detected by seminested PCR
April 11th, 2006
Invasive aspergillosis and mucormycosis are rapidly detected by a seminested PCR assay. "Aspergillosis and mucormycosis are the most common mold infections in patients with hematological malignancies. Infections caused by species of the genus Aspergillus and the order Mucorales require different antifungal treatments depending on the in vitro susceptibility of the causative strain. "Cultures from biopsy specimens frequently do not grow fungal pathogens, even from histopathologically proven cases of invasive fungal infection," said investigators in Germany. According to V. Rickerts and colleagues at the University of...
Source: Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week (2006-04-11)
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