Real-time detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in respiratory samples with an internal processing control

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-155

  Pitcher, David ^a   Chalker, Victoria J ^a   Sheppard, Carmen ^a   George, Robert C ^a   Harrison, Timothy G ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CYTADHESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM;

EID: 32044440317     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46281-0     Document Type: Article

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