Molecular method for Bartonella species identification in clinical and environmental samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 776-779

  García Esteban, Coral ^a,b   Gil, Horacio ^a   Rodríguez Vargas, Manuela ^a   Gerrikagoitia, Xeider ^c   Barandika, Jesse ^c   Escudero, Raquel ^a   Jado, Isabel ^a   García Amil, Cristina ^a   Barral, Marta ^c   García Pérez, Ana L ^c   Bhide, Mangesh ^a   Anda, Pedro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^c NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ALSATICA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA BIRTLESII; BARTONELLA BOVIS; BARTONELLA CAPREOLI; BARTONELLA CHROMELII; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA KOEHLERAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLA SCHOENBUCHENSIS; BARTONELLA TAYLORI; BARTONELLA TRIBOCORUM; BARTONELLA VINSONII; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE LINE BLOTTING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BARTONELLA;

EID: 38949145724     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01720-07     Document Type: Article

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