Abstract
We compared two PCR methods for molecular typing the medically important filamentous fungus Aspergillus terreus. In a set of 46 strains investigated we found 19 and 12 different fingerprinting types obtained by random amplified polymorphic DNA PCR (RAPD) and semi-automated repetitive element PCR (rep-PCR), respectively.
Publication types
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Comparative Study
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Evaluation Study
MeSH terms
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Aspergillosis / epidemiology
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Aspergillosis / microbiology
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Aspergillus / classification*
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Aspergillus / genetics*
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Aspergillus / isolation & purification
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DNA Fingerprinting / methods
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DNA, Fungal / genetics
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Humans
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Interspersed Repetitive Sequences
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Molecular Epidemiology / methods
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Molecular Typing / methods*
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Mycological Typing Techniques / methods*