Comparison of PCR protocols including positive controls for detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in respiratory specimens

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-75

  Mengue Metogho, R ^a   Deslandes, S ^a   Frost, E H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Nucleic acid diagnosis; PCR method; Positive controls; Respiratory specimen

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0033082718     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1998.0217     Document Type: Article

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