Multicenter comparison trial of DNA extraction methods and PCR assays for detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in endarterectomy specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 519-524

  Apfalter, P ^a   Blasi, F ^a   Boman, J ^a   Gaydos, C A ^a   Kundi, M ^a   Maass, M ^a   Makristathis, A ^a   Meijer, A ^a   Nadrchal, R ^a   Persson, K ^a   Rotter, M L ^a   Tong, C Y W ^a   Stanek, G ^a   Hirschl, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDARTERECTOMY; EXTRACTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDARTERECTOMY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; OBSERVER VARIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0035129962     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.2.519-524.2001     Document Type: Article

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