Development and clinical validation of a real-time PCR using a uni-molecular Scorpion-based probe for the detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in clinical isolates

New Microbiologica

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-421

  Di Marco, Eddi ^a   Cangemi, Giuliana ^a   Filippetti, Manuela ^a   Melioli, Giovanni ^a   Biassoni, Roberte ^b  

^a Laboratorio Centrale di Analisi   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agglutination test; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Quantitative pcr; Scorpion probe; Taqman probe

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DNA PROBE; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; SCORPIONES;

EID: 36549078612     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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