Comparison of the EntericBio multiplex PCR system with routine culture for detection of bacterial enteric pathogens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3449-3453

  O'Leary, James ^a   Corcoran, Daniel ^a   Lucey, Brigid ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHEMICAL WASTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 70449638061     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01026-09     Document Type: Article

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