Parasitological diagnosis combining an internally controlled real-time PCR assay for the detection of four protozoa in stool samples with a testing algorithm for microscopy

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 869-874

  Bruijnesteijn van Coppenraet, L E S ^a   Wallinga, J A ^a   Ruijs, G J H M ^a   Bruins, M J ^a   Verweij, J J ^b  

^a ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BOOM extraction; Cryptosporidium; Dientamoeba; Entamoeba; Giardia; PhHV; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIENTAMOEBA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBA FRAGILIS; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 69249141472     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02894.x     Document Type: Article

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