Effect of comprehensive validation of the template isolation procedure on the reliability of bacteraemia detection by a 16S rRNA gene PCR

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 452-458

  Heininger, A ^a   Binder, M ^a   Ellinger, A ^a   Pfisterer, J ^a   Botzenhart, K ^a   Unertl, K ^a   Döering, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacteraemia; DNA extraction; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PROTEINASE K; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 2642554155     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00877.x     Document Type: Article

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