Detection and differentiation of fungi in clinical specimens using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and restriction enzyme analysis.

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Published in J Med Vet Mycol on January 01, 1993

Authors

R L Hopfer1, P Walden, S Setterquist, W E Highsmith

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1: UNC Hospitals, Department of Clinical Microbiology-Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27514.

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