Rapid detection of coinfections by Trichomonas vaginalis, Mycoplasma hominis, and Ureaplasma urealyticum by a new multiplex polymerase chain reaction

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-36

  Diaz, Nicia ^a   Dessì, Daniele ^a   Dessole, Salvatore ^a   Fiori, Pier Luigi ^a   Rappelli, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multiplex PCR; Mycoplasma hominis; Trichomonas vaginalis; Ureaplasma urealyticum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UREAPLASMA INFECTION; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VAGINITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951473303     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.12.022     Document Type: Article

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