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Detection of zygomycetes in culture isolates and in fixed tissue
| LightCycler PCR result | No. of culture isolates with indicated result
|
No. of isolates with indicated result by histopathology of fixed tissue
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | |
| Positive | 39 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Negative | 5a | 59 | 27 | 19 |
Cultures grew species of Rhizomucor (n = 3), Syncephalastrum (n = 1), and Conidiobolus (n = 1), which are genera not detected by this PCR assay.
