Development of real-time PCR assays and evaluation of their potential use for rapid detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei in clinical blood specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2894-2901

  Supaprom, Chonthida ^a   Wang, Dongling ^c   Leelayuwat, Chanvit ^a   Thaewpia, Wisansanee ^b   Susaengrat, Wattanachai ^b   Koh, Victor ^c   Eng, Eong Ooi ^c   Lertmemongkolchai, Ganjana ^a   Liu, Yichun ^c  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^c DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CELL LYSATE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RALSTONIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTICEMIA;

BLOOD; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 34548685589     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00291-07     Document Type: Article

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