Detection and quantification of four species of the genus Clostridium in infant feces

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 987-992

  Tonooka, Toshiki ^a   Sakata, Shinji ^b   Kitahara, Maki ^b   Hanai, Michio ^a   Ishizeki, Shinobu ^c   Takada, Masaaki ^c   Sakamoto, Mitsuo ^b   Benno, Yoshimi ^b  

^a Wakodo Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^c Toshima Tokyo Metropolitan Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clostridium; Infant feces; Real time PCR; Species specific primers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PARAPUTRIFICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM TERTUIM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PARAPUTRIFICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM TERTIUM;

EID: 28044447429     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03694.x     Document Type: Article

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