Molecular diagnosis of bacterial endocarditis by broad-range PCR amplification and direct sequencing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2733-2739

  Goldenberger, Daniel ^a   Künzli, Andreas ^b   Vogt, Paul ^b   Zbinden, Reinhard ^a   Altwegg, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP.; TROPHERYMA WHIPPLEI;

EID: 1842409545     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.11.2733-2739.1997     Document Type: Article

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