Protocol for real-time PCR identification of anthrax spores from nasal swabs after broth enrichment

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3956-3963

  Oggioni, Marco R ^a   Meacci, Francesca ^a   Carattoli, Alessandra ^a   Ciervo, Alessandra ^a   Orru, Germano ^a   Cassone, Antonio ^a   Pozzi, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOSAFETY; CHROMOSOME MARKER; COLOR; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; ITALY; MASS SCREENING; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIOTERRORISM; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; ITALY; MASS SCREENING; NASAL MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036840933     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.3956-3963.2002     Document Type: Article

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