Multicenter collaborative study for standardization of Candida albicans genotyping using a polymorphic microsatellite marker

Dea Garcia-Hermoso, Donna M MacCallum, Timothy J Lott, Paula Sampaio, Maria-José Buitrago Serna, Fréderic Grenouillet, Corné H W Klaassen, Stéphane Bretagne

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Abstract

Microsatellite-based genotyping for Candida albicans can give discrepant results between laboratories when expressed in fragment sizes, because their determination depends on electrophoretic conditions. The interlaboratory reproducibility was assessed in six laboratories provided with an allelic ladder. Despite variations in size determinations, alleles were correctly assigned, making data transportable between laboratories.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2578-81
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume48
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2010
Externally publishedYes

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