Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypic groups by a duplex real-time PCR targeting the katG and gyrA genes

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 283-287

  Rindi, Laura ^a   Lari, Nicoletta ^a   Bonanni, Daniela ^a   Garzelli, Carlo ^a  

^a Dipto di Patologia Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genes; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GYRA GENE; KATG GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALASE; DNA GYRASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 5344251007     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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