A reliable method for the removal of PCR inhibitors during the preparation of bacterial DNA from stool specimens

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 447-450

  Hengstler, Michael ^a,b   Kronberg, Udo ^a   Fahr, Anne Marie ^a  

^a Laboratory Group   (Germany)

^b Laborarztliche Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA preparation; Helicobacter pylori; PCR inhibitors; Stool

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031858591     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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