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ArticleCurrent medical mycology2020

Translation elongation factor 1-alpha gene as a marker for diagnosing of candidal onychomycosis.

Keyvan Pakshir, Forough Farazmand, Farnoush Ghasemi, Hossein Mirhendi, Kamiar Zomorodian, Mahboobeh Kharazi, Ramtin Alborzi Pour, Hajar Golestani, Marjan Motamedi

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Article in Current medical mycology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Keyvan PakshirDepartment of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Forough FarazmandDepartment of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Farnoush GhasemiDepartment of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Hossein MirhendiDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Kamiar ZomorodianDepartment of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Mahboobeh KharaziDepartment of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Ramtin Alborzi PourMedical Mycology Laboratory, Razi Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Hajar GolestaniDepartment of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Marjan MotamediDepartment of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IRIsfahan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeCulture-based identification methods have been the gold standard for the diagnosis of candidal onychomycosis. Molecular technologies, such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays, can provide an alternative for the rapid detection of MATERIALS AND

methodsFor the purpose of the study, an optimized pan-

resultsThe use of the universal

conclusionBased on the findings, the PCR-based detection targeting the DNA

Indexed as

Candidal onychomycosisPan-Candida PCR assayTranslation elongation factor 1-alpha

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PMID32420503
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OpenAlexW3024673616

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