Quantitative multiprobe PCR assay for simultaneous detection and identification to species level of bacterial pathogens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 3449-3454

  Yang, Samuel ^a   Lin, Shin ^a   Kelen, Gabor D ^a   Quinn, Thomas C ^a   Dick, James D ^a   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^a   Rothman, Richard E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA TEMPLATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; FILTRATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FILTRATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TAQ POLYMERASE; HUMANS;

EID: 0036708344     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.9.3449-3454.2002     Document Type: Article

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