A comparison of DNA extraction procedures for the detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, in clinical and environmental specimens

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 152-158

  Durnez, Lies ^a,b   Stragier, Pieter ^b   Roebben, Karen ^b   Ablordey, Anthony ^b,c   Leirs, Herwig ^a,d   Portaels, Françoise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^d Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Buruli ulcer; Clinical specimens; DNA extraction; Environmental specimens; Modified Boom; Mycobacterium ulcerans

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BURULI ULCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BURULI ULCER; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 58349103293     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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