A multiplex PCR assay for simultaneous detection of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and differentiation between non-toxigenic and toxigenic isolates

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1438-1439

  Pimenta, Fabricia P ^a   Hirata Jr , Raphael ^a   Rosa, Ana C P ^a   Milagres, Lucimar G ^a   Mattos Guaraldi, Ana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AMPLICON; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SUBSPECIES; VERO CELL;

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 55549130253     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/000414-0     Document Type: Letter

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