A diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei directly in a bronchoalveolar lavage by polymerase chain reaction

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-75

  Couto, Manuela Soares ^a   Cordeiro, Rossana de Aguiar ^a   Rocha, Marcos Fábio Gadelha ^a,b   Grangeiro, Thalles Barbosa ^a   Leitão Junior, Natanael Pinheiro ^b   Bandeira, Tereza de Jesus Pinheiro Gomes ^c   Sidrim, José Júlio Costa ^a   Brilhante, Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c LabPauster Laboratory   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Diagnosis; Melioidosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; DNA 23S; SPACER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68249131202     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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