Establishment of a new PNA-FISH method for Aspergillus fumigatus identification: first insights for future use in pulmonary samples

Aspergillus fumigatus is the main causative agent of Invasive Aspergillosis. This mold produces conidia that when inhaled by immunocompromized hosts can be deposited in the lungs and germinate, triggering disease. In this paper, the development of a method using peptide nucleic acid-fluorescence in...

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Main Author: Cerqueira, Laura (author)
Other Authors: Moura, Sara (author), Almeida, Carina (author), Vieira, M. J. (author), Azevedo, Nuno Filipe (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Aspergillus fumigatus
invasive aspergillosis
PNA-FISH
diagnostic methodology
Science & Technology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/71041
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/71041

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http://hdl.handle.net/1822/71041

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