Detection of Staphylococcus lugdunensis by a new species-specific PCR based on the fbl gene: Short Communication

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 295-298

  Pereira, Eliezer M ^a   Oliveira, Fred L F ^a   Schuenck, Ricardo P ^a   Zoletti, Gustavo O ^a   Dos Santos, Kátia R N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fbl gene; PCR identification; Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; ADHESIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 76349094664     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2009.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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