Rapid detection of Brucella spp. in blood cultures by fluorescence in situ hybridization

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1828-1830

  Wellinghausen, Nele ^a   Nöckler, Karsten ^b   Sigge, Anja ^a   Bartel, Melanie ^a   Essig, Andreas ^a   Poppert, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRUCELLA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRAM STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

BRUCELLA;

EID: 33646578455     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1828-1830.2006     Document Type: Article

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