Development of a 5′-nuclease real-time PCR assay targeting fliP for the rapid identification of Burkholderia mallei in clinical samples

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 307-310

  Tomaso, Herbert ^a   Scholz, Holger C ^a   Al Dahouk, Sascha ^a   Eickhoff, Meike ^b   Treu, Thomas M ^c   Wernery, Renate ^d   Wernery, Ulrich ^d   Neubauer, Heinrich ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b QIAGEN GMBH   (Germany)

^c Military Medical Training School   (Austria)

^d Central Veterinary Research Laboratory   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FLAGELLIN; NUCLEASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIDEMIC; FLIP GENE; HORSE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; GENETICS; HORSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; GLANDERS; HORSES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE;

EID: 31844442366     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.059196     Document Type: Article

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