Comparison of standard phenotypic assays with a PCR method to discriminate Candida albicans and C. dubliniensis

A real-time PCR assay to identify and di

A real-time PCR assay to identify and discriminate among wild-type and vaccine strains of varicella-zoster virus and herpes simplex virus in clinical specimens, and comparison with the clinical diagnoses

✍ Ruth Harbecke; Michael N. Oxman; Beth A. Arnold; Charlotte Ip; Gary R. Johnson; 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 251 KB

## Abstract A real‐time PCR assay was developed to identify varicella‐zoster virus (VZV) and herpes simplex virus (HSV) DNA in clinical specimens from subjects with suspected herpes zoster (HZ; shingles). Three sets of primers and probes were used in separate PCR reactions to detect and discriminat