A combined approach for the enhanced detection and isolation of Bartonella species in dog blood samples: Pre-enrichment liquid culture followed by PCR and subculture onto agar plates

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-281

  Duncan, Ashlee W ^a   Maggi, Ricardo G ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Culture; Detection; Dog; Isolation

Indexed keywords

AGAR MEDIUM; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INOCULATION; LIQUID CULTURE; LYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

AGAR; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 34047246339     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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