Detection of ciprofloxacin-resistant Yersinia pestis by fluorogenic PCR using the LightCycler

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 3649-3655

  Lindler, L E ^a   Fan, W ^a   Jahan, N ^a  

^a WRAIR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; DEVICE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE SEQUENCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA GYRASE; DNA PROBES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PESTIS KIM;

EID: 0034793246     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.10.3649-3655.2001     Document Type: Article

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