Detection of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli by use of melting-curve analysis and real-time multiplex PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1752-1757

  Guion, Chase E ^a   Ochoa, Theresa J ^a,b   Walker, Christopher M ^a   Barletta, Francesca ^b   Cleary, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGR GENE; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; EAEA GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; IPAH GENE; LT GENE; MELTING CURVE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STIA GENE; STIB GENE; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE; VIRULENCE;

CHILD; DIARRHEA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 43249088071     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02341-07     Document Type: Article

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