Direct quantification of the enteric bacterium Oxalobacter formigenes in human fecal samples by quantitative competitive-template PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1503-1509

  Sidhu, H ^a   Holmes, R P ^b   Allison, M J ^c   Peck, A B ^d  

^a Ixion Biotechnology Inc   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OXALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXALOBACTER FORMIGENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; OXALOBACTER FORMIGENES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032928127     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1503-1509.1999     Document Type: Article

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