A comparison of three real-time PCR assays for the confirmation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae following detection of N. gonorrhoeae using Roche COBAS AMPLICOR

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 473-479

  Chui, L ^a,b   Chiu, T ^a   Kakulphimp, J ^a   Tyrrell, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

COBAS AMPLICOR; Confirmation; Diagnosis; Neisseria gonorrheae; Real time PCR; rRNA gene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); PROTEIN CPPB; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 41949134513     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.01950.x     Document Type: Article

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