Table 1 Fungal, bacterial and mycobacterial organisms used for cross-reactivity assessment of the specificity of the PjHSP70a PCR assay
Organism
Fungi Aspergillus flavus
Aspergillus fumigatus
Aspergillus niger
Aspergillus terreus
Candida glabrata
Candida kruseii
Candida parapsilosis
Candida tropicalis
Cryptococcus sp
Pneumocystis carinii and Pneumocystis wakefieldiae
Pneumocystis jirovecii
Pneumocystis murina
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Trichosporon sp
Bacteria Burkholderia cepacia
Haemophilus influenzae
Propionibacterium sp
Staphylococcus aureus
Streptococcus agalactiae
Streptococcus mitis
Streptococcus oralis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Mycobacteria Mycobacterium avium
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
MammaliaHuman DNA