Rapid identification of Candida species by DNA fingerprinting with PCR.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on March 01, 1996

Authors

M Thanos1, G Schonian, W Meyer, C Schweynoch, Y Graser, T G Mitchell, W Presber, H J Tietz

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1: Department of Dermatology, Charite Hospital, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

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