title: [Molecular methods as a diagnostic tool for fungal infections and their prospect].
abstract: The current status of molecular biological methods to control mycoses was described. New tools for detecting of specific fungal DNA by reaction at a constant temperature with Loop-mediated isothermal amplification of DNA (LAMP, Eiken Chemical Co., Ltd.), and for strain typing by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) will greatly aid in managing complex fungal infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Gene Diagnosis, Institute of Medical Mycology and Genome Research Center, Graduate School of Medical Science, Teikyo University.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Makimura
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis*