Evaluation of two real-time PCR chemistries for the detection of Chlamydophila pneumoniae in clinical specimens

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 309-311

  Mitchell, Stephanie L ^a   Budhiraja, Sona ^b   Thurman, Kathleen A ^a   Lanier Thacker, W ^a   Winchell, Jonas M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. pneumoniae; CAP; Community acquired pneumonia; LUX; Real time PCR; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROAT CULTURE;

CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 70350380455     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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