Evaluation of a novel internally controlled real-time PCR assay targeting the 16S rRNA gene for confirmation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 480-486

  Schabereiter Gurtner, Claudia ^a,d   Hufnagl, P ^b   Sonvilla, G ^c   Selitsch, B ^a   Rotter, M L ^a   Makristathis, A ^a   Hirschl, A M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Roche Diagnostics   (Austria)

^c HZL Nu dorf (Histology   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

16S RNA; Coba Amplicor; Diagnosis; LightCycler assay; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DNA PURIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MELTING POINT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CHLAMYDIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 41949092743     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.01962.x     Document Type: Article

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