Simultaneous Detection of Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia, and Cryptosporidium parvum in Fecal Samples by Using Multiplex Real-Time PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1220-1223

  Verweij, Jaco J ^a   Blangé, Roy A ^b   Templeton, Kate ^b   Schinkel, Janke ^b   Brienen, Eric A T ^b   Van Rooyen, Marianne A A ^b   Van Lieshout, Lisette ^b   Polderman, Anton M ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DNA ISOLATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MULTIPLEX REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1542513844     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1220-1223.2004     Document Type: Article

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