Thermonuclease gene as a target for specific identification of Staphylococcus intermedius isolates: Use of a PCR-DNA enzyme immunoassay

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 237-244

  Becker, Karsten ^a   Von Eiff, Christof ^a   Keller, Birgit ^b   Brück, Michaela ^a   Etienne, Jerome ^c   Peters, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

nuc; PCR DEIA; Staphylococcus intermedius

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLORIMETRY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 16244419746     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.11.010     Document Type: Article

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