Evaluation of a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay for detection and quantitation of virulent Rhodococcus equi

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 755-761

  Harrington, Jessica R ^a   Golding, Michael C ^a,b   Martens, Ronald J ^a   Halbert, Natalie D ^a   Cohen, Noah D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HORSE; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FLUID; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

EQUUS CABALLUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 20444459496     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.755     Document Type: Article

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