Fluorescent oligonucleotide probes for clinical and environmental detection of Acanthamoeba and the T4 18S rRNA gene sequence type

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2687-2693

  Stothard, Diane R ^a,c   Hay, John ^b   Schroeder Diedrich, Jill M ^a,c   Seal, David V ^b   Byers, Thomas J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION; KERATITIS; LYMPHOCYTE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SARCODINA; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SARCODINA;

EID: 0032774140     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.8.2687-2693.1999     Document Type: Article

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