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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
May. 29, 2001
Hermann Einsele, Tübingen, DE;
Abstract
For the detection of fungal cells in clinical material fungal DNA is extracted from whole blood and the extracted fungal DNA is then detected. From this detection, a fungal infection can be concluded. For further diagnosis, the fungal species are then determined from the extracted fungal DNA. The method for extraction of the fungal DNA from whole blood comprises the isolation of predominantly intact fungal cells from the whole blood and the extraction of DNA from the isolated fungal cells. For detection of fungal DNA, at least one segment of the fungal DNA to be detected is amplified, then the amplification products are detected. For further identification of the fungal species, nucleotide sequence segments being characteristic for the fungal species are detected.