[Molecular methods as a diagnostic tool for fungal infections and their prospect]

Koichi Makimura

doi:10.3314/jjmm.45.59

[Molecular methods as a diagnostic tool for fungal infections and their prospect]

Nihon Ishinkin Gakkai Zasshi. 2004;45(2):59-62. doi: 10.3314/jjmm.45.59.

[Article in Japanese]

Author

Koichi Makimura¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Molecular Biology and Gene Diagnosis, Institute of Medical Mycology and Genome Research Center, Graduate School of Medical Science, Teikyo University.

PMID: 15118660
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.45.59

Abstract

The current status of molecular biological methods to control mycoses was described. New tools for detecting of specific fungal DNA by reaction at a constant temperature with Loop-mediated isothermal amplification of DNA (LAMP, Eiken Chemical Co., Ltd.), and for strain typing by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) will greatly aid in managing complex fungal infection.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques*
Mycoses / diagnosis*