Significant discrepancy between real-time PCR identifi cation and hospital identifi cation of C. albicans from Lebanese patients

Background: The fungus C. albicans is among the leading agents causing death in immunocompromised patients. Most hospitals rely on conventional morphological techniques such as the germ-tube assay and the API system for correct identifi cation. This technique is subjective and hence error prone. Rec...

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Main Author: Khalaf, Roy A. (author)
Other Authors: Yazbek, Suha (author), Barada, Ghyda (author), Basma, Raida (author), Mahfouz, Jad (author)
Format: article
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3372
http://www.medscimonit.com/abstract/index/idArt/484614/new/1/act/3
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