Molecular identification of black-grain mycetoma agents.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on October 01, 2006

Authors

Marie Desnos-Ollivier1, Stéphane Bretagne, Françoise Dromer, Olivier Lortholary, 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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