Sensitive detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in human respiratory tract samples by optimized real-time PCR approach

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2726-2730

  Dumke, Roger ^a   Schurwanz, Nicol ^a   Lenz, Matthias ^a   Schuppler, Markus ^a,b   Lück, Christian ^a   Jacobs, Enno ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN REMP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; P1 ADHESIN GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34548064582     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00321-07     Document Type: Article

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