Strategies for PCR based detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei DNA in paraffin wax embedded tissues

Journal of Clinical Pathology - Molecular Pathology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 398-400

  Hagen, R M ^a   Gauthier, Y P ^b   Sprague, L D ^c   Vidal, D R ^b   Zysk, G ^d   Finke, E J ^a   Neubauer, H ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FLAGELLIN; PARAFFIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MELIOIDOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DNA, BACTERIAL; MELIOIDOSIS; MICE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

EID: 0036901351     PISSN: 13668714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mp.55.6.398     Document Type: Article

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