Use of amplification and sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene to diagnose Mycoplasma pneumoniae osteomyelitis in a patient with hypogammaglobulinemia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1161-1163

  Scola, Bernard La ^b   Michel, Gerard ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOMYELITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0030995791     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513631     Document Type: Article

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