First LightCycler real-time PCR assay for the quantitative detection of Mycoplasma suis in clinical samples

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 346-354

  Hoelzle, Ludwig E ^a   Helbling, Marianne ^a   Hoelzle, Katharina ^a   Ritzmann, Mathias ^b   Heinritzi, Karl ^b   Wittenbrink, Max M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

LightCycler real time PCR; M. suis; msg1; Porcine eperythrozoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GERMANY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOPLASMA SUIS; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOW (SWINE); SWINE; SWITZERLAND; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

MYCOPLASMA SUIS; MYCOPLASMATALES; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 34547566587     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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