Nucleic acid sequence-based amplification of Aspergillus RNA in blood samples.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on April 01, 2001

Authors

J Loeffler1, H Hebart, P Cox, N Flues, U Schumacher, H Einsele

Author Affiliations

1: Medizinische Klinik, Abteilung II, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. juergen.loeffler@med.uni-tuebingen.de

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