Identification and differentiation of Candida species using specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the phospholipase B gene

• Main Authors: Harmal, Nabil S., Khodavandi, Alireza, Alshawsh, Mohammed A., Jamal, Farida Fatema @ Farida, Sekawi, Zamberi, Ng, Kee Peng, Chong, Pei Pei
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Journals 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29824/1/29824.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29824/; http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJMR/article-abstract/C95F54C12002

Candida species are the major cause of mortality in both immunocompromised and critically ill patients. Therefore, the early diagnosis and differentiation of Candida species isolated from clinical samples is principally important due to their inherently variable antifungal resistance pattern. Herei...