Comparison of PCR, nested PCR, and random amplified polymorphic DNA PCR for detection and typing of Ureaplasma urealyticum in specimens from pregnant women

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3032-3039

  Knox, Christine L ^a   Timms, Peter ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PATHOGENICITY; PLACENTA DISORDER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEROCONVERSION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

FUNGI; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0031683853     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.10.3032-3039.1998     Document Type: Article

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