Serotyping of chlamydia trachomatis from inclusion conjunctivitis by polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 279-285

  Isobe, Kazumi ^a   Aoki, Koki ^b   Itoh, Norihiko ^a   Ohno, Shigeaki ^a   Takashima, Ikuo ^c   Hashimoto, Nobuo ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aoki Eye Clinic   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Conjunctivitis; PCR; RFLP; Serotyping

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ENDONUCLEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL CULTURE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, INCLUSION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0029777538     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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