Overestimation of Streptococcus mutans prevalence by nested PCR detection of the 16S rRNA gene

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-113

  Al Ahmad, Ali ^a   Auschill, Thorsten Mathias ^a   Braun, Gabriele ^a   Hellwig, Elmar ^a   Arweiler, Nicole Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RNA 16S;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; GTFB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CANIS; STREPTOCOCCUS DOWNEI; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS INFANTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS RATTI; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

DENTAL CARIES; DNA PRIMERS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GENES, RRNA; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MOUTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 29744439457     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46280-0     Document Type: Article

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