A real-time PCR assay for the detection of Campylobacter jejuni in foods after enrichment culture

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1383-1390

  Sails, Andrew D ^a,d   Fox, Andrew J ^b   Bolton, Frederick J ^a   Wareing, David R A ^a   Greenway, David L A ^c  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CONTAMINATION; DNA; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; FOOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACCURACY; AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INCUBATION TIME; LYSIS; MEAT; MILK; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; SHELLFISH; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHELLFISH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 0344837847     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.3.1383-1390.2003     Document Type: Article

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