Evaluation of Partial 16S Ribosomal DNA Sequencing for Identification of Nocardia Species by Using the MicroSeq 500 System with An Expanded Database

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 578-584

  Cloud, Joann L ^a   Conville, Patricia S ^d   Croft, Ann ^b   Harmsen, Dag ^e   Witebsky, Frank G ^d   Carroll, Karen C ^a,c,f  

^a ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIA NOVA; NOCARDIA OTITIDISCAVIARUM; NOCARDIA VETERANA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIA NOVA; NOCARDIA OTITIDISCAVIARUM; NOCARDIA VETERANA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 1242314290     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.578-584.2004     Document Type: Article

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