Development and evaluation of real-time PCR-based fluorescence assays for detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 575-583

  Tondella, Maria Lucia C ^a   Talkington, Deborah F ^a   Holloway, Brian P ^a   Dowell, Scott F ^a   Cowley, Karyn ^a   Soriano Gabarro, Montse ^a   Elkind, Mitchell S ^a   Fields, Barry S ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BASE PAIRING; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AGED; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0036159397     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.2.575-583.2002     Document Type: Article

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