Molecular identification of zygomycetes from culture and experimentally infected tissues.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on February 01, 2006

Authors

Patrick Schwarz1, Stéphane Bretagne, Jean-Charles Gantier, Dea Garcia-Hermoso, Olivier Lortholary, Françoise Dromer, Eric Dannaoui

Author Affiliations

1: Centre National de Référence Mycologie et Antifongiques, Unité de Mycologie Moléculaire, CNRS FRE2849, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.

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