Detection and toxin typing of Clostridium perfringens in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 807-810

  Wu, Josephine ^a   Zhang, Wandi ^a   Xie, Boxun ^a   Wu, Maoxin ^a   Tong, Xiaodi ^a   Kalpoe, Jayant ^a,b   Zhang, David ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 62749179691     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01324-08     Document Type: Article

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