Development of a PCR assay for identification of staphylococci at genus and species levels

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2541-2547

  Martineau, F ^a   Picard, F J ^a   Ke, D ^a   Paradis, S ^a   Roy, P H ^a   Ouellette, M ^a   Bergeron, M G ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ELONGATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS;

EID: 0034963340     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.7.2541-2547.2001     Document Type: Article

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