Detection of Histoplasma Capsulatum by Nested-PCR in Clinical Specimens

• Main Authors: María Teresa Colella (Author), Sofía Mata (Author), Claudia Hartung (Author), Celina Pérez (Author), Arantza Roselló (Author), Carolina Olaizola (Author), Carmen Fernández (Author), Silvia Magaldi (Author), Félix Toro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales, 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Histoplasmosis is a systemic mycosis whose diagnosis is based on clinical, mycological and immunological criteria. Identification of its etiological agent in biological samples is difficult to perform. We evaluated a nested-PCR technique to identify Histoplasma capsulatum in clinical specimens (bloo...