Abstract
A method for detection of Candida albicans in biological samples (blood, serum, urine) was developed by the use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of a DNA fragment of a gene coding for a 65 kDa mannoprotein of C. albicans (CaMP65). The PCR amplifies a 220 bp fragments whose specificity for C. albicans was demonstrated by Southern blot with a non-radioactive probe, leading to the differentiation from all other yeast species or human and bacterial DNA. The sensitivity of this assay was 5–10 C. albicans cells per milliliter of biological sample.
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