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cryptococcus DNA
Indications:
- fungal infection with cryptococcus
Specimen:
1) whole blood (ACD or EDTA)
2) cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
3) tissue
4) store whole blood at 4 degrees C
5) store tissue at -20 degrees C or below
Methods:
- species & strain-specific identification uses PCR to amplify ribosomal DNA sequences & restriction enzyme analysis to obtain complex fingerprints, unique for each strain
Related
cryptococcosis
Cryptococcus
cryptococcus rRNA
Specific
Cryptococcus gattii+neoformans DNA
General
cryptococcus nucleic acid
References
Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests, 3rd ed. Teitz ed.,
W.B. Saunders, 1995