Preliminary evaluation of one conventional nested and two real-time PCR assays for the detection of Toxoplasma gondii in immunocompromised patients

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 629-632

  Hierl, Thomas ^a   Reischl, Udo ^b   Lang, Peter ^a   Hebart, Holger ^a   Stark, Maik ^a   Kyme, Pierre ^a   Autenrieth, Ingo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECIPIENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 3142761443     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45566-0     Document Type: Article

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