Gram type-specific broad-range PCR amplification for rapid detection of 62 pathogenic bacteria

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 464-466

  Klausegger, Alfred ^a   Hell, Markus ^a   Berger, Alexandra ^a   Zinober, Kerstin ^a   Baier, Sabine ^a   Jones, Neil ^a   Sperl, Wolfgang ^a   Kofler, Barbara ^a  

^a St Johanns Spital   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CENTRIFUGATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032903242     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.2.464-466.1999     Document Type: Article

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