Fast ligation-mediated PCR, a fast and reliable method for IS6110-based typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 5622-5627

  Reisig, Florian ^a,d   Kremer, Kristin ^b   Amthor, Beate ^a   Van Soolingen, Dick ^b   Haas, Walter H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d Abteilung fur Anasthesie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FAST LIGATION MEDIATED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; GENE LOCUS; IS6110 LOCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 27744491175     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.11.5622-5627.2005     Document Type: Article

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