Rapid identification of Rhodococcus equi by a PCR assay targeting the choE gene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3241-3245

  Ladrón, Néstor ^a   Fernández, Marta ^a   Agüero, Jesús ^a,c   González Zörn, Bruno ^b,d   Vázquez Boland, José A ^b,d   Navas, Jesús ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b Univ de León   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BASE PAIRING; BREVIBACTERIUM; BREVIBACTERIUM STEROLICUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM UREALYTICUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM XEROSIS; DIETZIA MARIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM PEREGRINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RELIABILITY; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RNA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOMYCES;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BREVIBACTERIUM; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACTERIUM; BREVIBACTERIUM STEROLICUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM UREALYTICUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM XEROSIS; DIETZIA; DIETZIA MARIS; EQUIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM PEREGRINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPI; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOMYCES; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0038168022     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3241-3245.2003     Document Type: Article

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