Neisseria species identification assay for the confirmation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae-positive results of the COBAS amplicor PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1403-1409

  Mangold, Kathy A ^a,e   Regner, MaryAnn ^c   Tajuddin, Mohammed ^a   Tajuddin, Aamair M ^e   Jennings, Lawrence ^d,e   Du, Hongyan ^b   Kaul, Karen L ^a,e  

^a Evanston Northwestern Healthcare ^*  (United States)

^b Research and Education   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 34248545075     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00834-06     Document Type: Article

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