Development of real-time PCR for detection of Mycoplasma hominis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Baczynska, Agata ^a,b   Svenstrup, Helle F ^a   Fedder, Jens ^b   Birkelund, Svend ^a   Christiansen, Gunna ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b HORSENS REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMPLICON; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALCULATION; CONTAMINATION; DNA PROBE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; INCUBATION TIME; INFERTILITY; MEASUREMENT; MELTING POINT; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PUERPERIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; VAGINITIS;

CERVIX UTERI; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL SMEARS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS;

EID: 5444267346     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-4-35     Document Type: Article

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