Comparison of an espB gene fecal polymerase chain reaction assay with bacteriologic isolation for detection of Citrobacter rodentium infection in mice

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 439-444

  McKeel, Rebecca ^a   Douris, Nicholas ^a   Foley, Patricia L ^a   Feldman, Sanford H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ESPB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HYPERPLASIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; COLON; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPERPLASIA; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 0036774924     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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