Rapid identification and specific quantification of Staphylococcus epidermidis by 5′ nuclease real-time polymerase chain reaction with a minor groove binder probe

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-219

  Iwase, Tadayuki ^a   Hoshina, Sadayori ^a   Seki, Keiko ^a   Shinji, Hitomi ^a   Masuda, Shogo ^a   Mizunoe, Yoshimitsu ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Identification; Quantification; Real time PCR; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 38149139478     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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