Molecular genetic methods for the diagnosis of fastidious microorganisms

APMIS

Volumn 112, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 785-807

  Fenollar, Florence ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bartonella spp.; Coxiella burnetii; Ehrlichia spp.; Molecular diagnosis; PCR; Rickettsia spp; Tropheryma whipplei; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; EHRLICHIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; INFECTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLAGUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 12844269345     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2004.apm11211-1206.x     Document Type: Review

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