Evaluation of a protocol for molecular broad-range diagnosis of culture-negative bacterial infections in clinical routine diagnosis

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1228-1237

  Schabereiter Gurtner, C ^a   Nehr, M ^a   Apfalter, P ^a   Makristathis, A ^a   Rotter, M L ^a   Hirschl, A M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacterial infections; Molecular diagnosis; Real time PCR; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

16S RRNA; 16S RRNA GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLAST ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ROUTINE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; REAL-TIME PCR; REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY; TAQMAN;

DIAGNOSIS;

EDETIC ACID;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BLOOD; DATA SET; DNA; EDTA; GENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA ORALE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UREAPLASMA;

EID: 40849111584     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03648.x     Document Type: Article

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