Two quality control exercises involving nucleic acid amplification methods for detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydophila pneumoniae and carried out 2 years apart (in 2002 and 2004)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 899-908

  Loens, K ^a   Beck, T ^a   Ursi, D ^a   Pattyn, S ^a   Goossens, H ^a   Ieven, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; MONOPLEX; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33644901043     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.899-908.2006     Document Type: Article

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