Direct detection and differentiation of Legionella spp. and Legionella pneumophila in clinical specimens by dual-color real-time PCR and melting curve analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3814-3817

  Reischl, Udo ^a   Linde, Hans Jörg ^a   Lehn, Norbert ^a   Landt, Olfert ^a   Barratt, Kevin ^a   Wellinghausen, Nele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HYBRIDIZATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036790172     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3814-3817.2002     Document Type: Article

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