Use of TaqMan 5′ Nuclease Real-Time PCR for Quantitative Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium DNA in Males with and without Urethritis Who Were Attendees at a Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 683-692

  Jensen, Jørgen Skov ^a,c   Björnelius, Eva ^b   Dohn, Birthe ^a   Lidbrink, Peter ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Mycoplasma Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; TAQ POLYMERASE; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SWEDEN; URETHRA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMATALES; RICKETTSIALES;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SWEDEN; URETHRA; URETHRITIS;

EID: 10744232249     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.683-692.2004     Document Type: Article

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