Link to Pubmed [PMID] – 27316653
Link to DOI – S0167-7012(16)30144-010.1016/j.mimet.2016.06.015
J. Microbiol. Methods 2016 08; 127(): 160-163
Droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) after DNA digestion yielded a 28S rDNA copy number of 61 to 86 copies/genome when testing 10 unrelated Aspergillus fumigatus isolates, higher than with quantitative PCR. Unfortunately, ddPCR after DNA digestion did not improve the sensitivity of our PCR assay when testing serum patients with invasive aspergillosis.