Rapid identification of pathogenic Leptospira species (Leptospira interrogans, L. borgpetersenii, and L. kirschneri) with species-specific DNA probes produced by arbitrarily primed PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 248-253

  Letocart, Marine ^a   Baranton, Guy ^b   Perolat, Philippe ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PROBE; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI;

EID: 0031060051     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.1.248-253.1997     Document Type: Article

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