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Detekce a identifikace původců mykotických infekcí způsobených vláknitými houbami pomocí metod molekulární genetiky

Title in English Detection and identification of filamentous fungi causing mycoses using molecular genetic methods
Authors

BEJDÁK Petr LENGEROVÁ Martina PALOUŠOVÁ Dita VOLFOVÁ Pavlína KOCMANOVÁ Iva MAYER Jiří RÁČIL Zdeněk

Year of publication 2012
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Klinická mikrobiologie a infekční lékařství
MU Faculty or unit

Central European Institute of Technology

Citation
Field Oncology and hematology
Keywords molecular genetics; diagnosis; mycoses; fiIamentous fungi; barcoding; sequence databases
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Description Methods of molecular genetics offer rapid and sensitive detection and identification of fungal pathogens. The currently used methods are based mainly on PCR. With regard to the ubiquitous presence of fungi, it is important to prevent contamination during the whole process, from sampling to laboratory analyses. Molecular genetic methods are not included among the EORTC/MSG criteria used for the diagnosis of invasive fungal diseases since interlaboratory standardization is still missing. Anothet reason is the use of different target genes for PCR. ITS sequences from rDNA clusters are recommended for DNA barcoding of fungi. The use of DNA sequencing for identification of fungi in clinical samples has certain limitations and interpretation of results could be problematic in some cases. DNA sequences are searched and compared in public databases on the Internet, the best known of them being the GenBank. However,more reliable data for identification of fungi are offered by specialized mycological databases.
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