Multicenter validation of the analytical accuracy of salmonella PCR: Towards an international standard

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 290-296

  Malorny, Burkhard ^a   Hoorfar, Jeffrey ^b   Bunge, Cornelia ^a   Helmuth, Reiner ^a,c  

^a Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENES; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

STANDARD DIAGNOSTIC METHODS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

DNA FRAGMENT; PRIMER DNA;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL SUSPENSION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA TEMPLATE; EVALUATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INA GENE; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SALMONELLA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0347721767     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.1.290-296.2003     Document Type: Article

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