Development and application of two multiplex real-time PCR assays for the detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in clinical and environmental samples

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 4733-4740

  Fyfe, Janet A M ^a   Lavender, Caroline J ^a   Johnson, Paul D R ^a,b   Globan, Maria ^a   Sievers, Aina ^a   Azuolas, Joseph ^c   Stinear, Timothy P ^d  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES; INFECTIONS; SKIN DISEASES;

BACTERIA; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GENES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIOASSAY;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; KETOREDUCTASE; MYCOLACTONE POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; LABORATORY METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BURULI ULCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECOLOGY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOSQUITO; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN ULCER; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 34547795888     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02971-06     Document Type: Article

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