Identification of P1 variants of Mycoplasma pneumoniae by use of high-resolution melt analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4117-4120

  Schwartz, Stephanie B ^a   Mitchell, Stephanie L ^a   Thurman, Kathleen A ^a   Wolff, Bernard J ^a   Winchell, Jonas M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 71549163774     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01696-09     Document Type: Article

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