Comparison of an industry-derived LCx Chlamydia pneumoniae PCR research kit to in-house assays performed in five laboratories

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2357-2362

  Chernesky, Max ^a   Smieja, Marek ^a   Schachter, Julius ^a   Summersgill, James ^a   Schindler, Laura ^a   Solomon, Natalie ^a   Campbell, Karen ^a   Campbell, LeeAnn ^a   Cappuccio, Alison ^a   Gaydos, Charlotte ^a   Chong, Sylvia ^a   Moncada, Jeanne ^a   Phillips, Jack ^a   Jang, Dan ^a   Wood, Billie Jo ^a   Petrich, Astrid ^a   Hammerschla, Margaret ^a   Cerney, Mike ^a   Mahony, James ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

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

EID: 0036308236     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2357-2362.2002     Document Type: Article

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