Rapid and accurate diagnosis of human intestinal spirochetosis by fluorescence in situ hybridization

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1393-1401

  Schmiedel, Dinah ^a   Epple, Hans Jörg ^a   Loddenkemper, Christoph ^a   Ignatius, Ralf ^a   Wagner, Jutta ^a   Hammer, Bettina ^b   Petrich, Annett ^a   Stein, Harald ^a   Göbel, Ulf B ^a   Schneider, Thomas ^a   Moter, Annette ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MVZ Labor Dr Switkowski Wagner Dr Bauermann   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOPSY; BRACHYSPIRA AALBORGI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPIROCHETE INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BRACHYSPIRA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA AALBORGI; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI;

EID: 66149134350     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02469-08     Document Type: Article

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