cryptococcus DNA

Indications

• fungal infection with cryptococcus

Methods

• species & strain-specific identification uses PCR to amplify ribosomal DNA sequences & restriction enzyme analysis to obtain complex fingerprints, unique for each strain

Specimen

• whole blood (ACD or EDTA)
• cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
• tissue
• store whole blood at 4 degrees C
• store tissue at -20 degrees C or below

More general terms

• cryptococcus nucleic acid

More specific terms

• Cryptococcus gattii+neoformans DNA

Additional terms

• cryptococcosis
• Cryptococcus
• cryptococcus rRNA