Development of an internally controlled real-time PCR assay for detection of Chlamydophila psittaci in the LightCycler 2.0 system

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 571-575

  Heddema, E R ^a   Beld, M G H M ^a   de Wever, B ^a   Langerak, A A J ^a   Pannekoek, Y ^a   Duim, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlamydophila psittaci; Diagnosis; Inhibition control; PCR; Psittacosis; Respiratory samples

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; PRIMER DNA;

AMPLICON; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PURIFICATION; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM; VIRUS LOAD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI;

EID: 33646700714     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01417.x     Document Type: Article

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