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SUBMITTER: Busser FD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7014565 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Busser Felipe Delatorre FD Coelho Vivian Caso VC Fonseca Claudia de Abreu CA Del Negro Gilda Maria Barbaro GMB Shikanai-Yasuda Maria Aparecida MA Lopes Marta Heloisa MH Magri Marcello Mihailenko Chaves MMC Freitas Vera Lucia Teixeira de VLT
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo 20200207
Candidemia is a significant cause of bloodstream infections (BSI) in nosocomial settings. The identification of species can potentially improve the quality of care and decrease human mortality. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) was evaluated for Candida albicans detection using culture suspensions containing C. albicans , spiked human blood, the cloned qPCR target fragment (ITS2 region) and the results of these assays were compared. The assays showed a good detection limit: C. albicans DNA extracted from ...[more]