Nucleic acid amplification for rapid detection of Rhodococcus equi in equine blood and tracheal wash fluids

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1232-1237

  Sellon, Debra C ^a,b   Walker, Kathy ^a   Suyemoto, Mitsu ^a   Altier, Craig ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG LAVAGE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACHEA;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INCIDENCE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACHEA;

EID: 0031264747     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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