Evaluation of a modified Taqman assay detecting pathogenic Leptospira spp. against culture and Leptospira-specific IgM enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in a clinical environment

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-366

  Slack, Andrew ^a   Symonds, Meegan ^a   Dohnt, Michael ^a   Harris, Christopher ^b   Brookes, Dianne ^c   Smythe, Lee ^a  

^a Western Pacific Region   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c TROPICAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical setting; Leptospira; Real time PCR; Taqman

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; EDETIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEPTOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE;

EID: 33947665089     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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