NUCLEIC ACID PROBES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING CLINICALLY IMPORTANT FUNGAL PATHOGENS

摘要

The current invention relates to the field of detection and identification ofclinically important fungi. More particularly, the present invention relatesto species specific probes originating from the Internal Transcribed Spacer(ITS) region of rDNA for the detection of fungal species such as Candidaalbicans, Candida parapsilosis, Candida tropicalis, Candida kefyr, Candidakrusei, Candida glabrata, Candida dubliniensis, Aspergillus flavus,Aspergillus versicolor, Aspergillus nidulans, Aspergillus fumigatus,Cryptococcus neoformans and Pneumocystis carinii in clinical samples, andmethods using said probes.