A fast real-time polymerase chain reaction method for sensitive and specific detection of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae porA pseudogene

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 574-581

  Hjelmevoll, Stig Ove ^a   Olsen, Merethe Elise ^a   Ericson Sollid, Johanna U ^a,b   Haaheim, Håkon ^a   Unemo, Magnus ^a,c   Skogen, Vegard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA FLAVACENS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NEISSERIA SICCA; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33751189185     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2006.060024     Document Type: Article

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