Validation of partial rpoB gene sequence analysis for the identification of clinically important and emerging Acinetobacter species

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2333-2341

  Gundi, Vijay A K B ^a   Dijkshoorn, Lenie ^b   Burignat, Sophie ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   La Scola, Bernard ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ACCURACY; ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACINETOBACTER HAEMOLYTICUS; ACINETOBACTER IWOFFII; ACINETOBACTER RADIORESISTENS; ACINETOBACTER SCHINDLERI; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; MORAXELLA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FRANCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACINETOBACTER HAEMOLYTICUS; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ACINETOBACTER RADIORESISTENS; ACINETOBACTER SCHINDLERI;

EID: 69949176864     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.026054-0     Document Type: Article

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