A duplex Neisseria gonorrhoeae real-time polymerase chain reaction assay targeting the gonococcal porA pseudogene and multicopy opa genes

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-12

  Goire, Namraj ^a,b   Nissen, Michael D ^a,b,c   LeCornec, Genevera M ^c   Sloots, Theo P ^a,b,c   Whiley, David M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Pathology Queensland   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neisseria gonorrhoeae; opa; porA; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; CROSS REACTION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OPA GENE; PORA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROAT CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENITALIA; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORINS; PSEUDOGENES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 41949091268     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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