Primer sensitivity: can it influence the results in Enterococcus faecalis prevalence studies?

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 429-432

  Nandakumar, Renu ^a   Mirchandani, Raksha ^a   Fouad, Ashraf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Postgraduate Endodontics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH PULP DISEASE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DENTAL PULP DISEASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847174497     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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