Optimization of real-time PCR assay for rapid and sensitive detection of eubacterial 16S ribosomal DNA in platelet concentrates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4796-4798

  Mohammadi, Tamimount ^a,b   Reesink, Henk W ^a   Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina M J E ^b   Savelkoul, Paul H M ^b  

^a Sanquin Bloedbank Regio Noordwest Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EUBACTERIUM; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD PLATELETS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE; TIME FACTORS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0141958212     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4796-4798.2003     Document Type: Article

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