Evaluation of 11 PCR assays for species-level identification of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 330-336

  On, Stephen L W ^a   Jordan, Penelope J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARCOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; DNA TEMPLATE; EVALUATION; HELICOBACTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARCOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; CHARADRII; HELICOBACTER;

EID: 0037234442     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.330-336.2003     Document Type: Article

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