Simultaneous detection of Bacteroides fragilis group species by leuB-directed PCR

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 101-108

  Miki, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kuwahara, Tomomi ^a   Nakayama, Haruyuki ^a   Okada, Natsumi ^a   Kataoka, Keiko ^a   Arimochi, Hideki ^a   Ohnishi, Yoshinari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteroides; leuB; PCR; Rapid detection

Indexed keywords

3 ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ABSCESS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FECES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; LEUB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERITONITIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BACTEROIDES; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIODES; BACTERIODES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

3-ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 15544390244     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.52.101     Document Type: Article

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