A PCR assay for discriminating Neisseria gonorrhoeae β-lactamase-producing plasmids

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-92

  Dillon, J R ^a   Li, H ^a   Yeung, K H ^b   Aman, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; DNA sequence; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; PCR; lactamase producing plasmids

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; PLASMID DNA; PRIMER DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONORRHEA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0033120849     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1998.0216     Document Type: Article

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