Utility of high-performance liquid chromatography analysis of mycolic acids and partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing for routine identification of Mycobacterium spp. in a national reference laboratory

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-152

  Toney, Nadege C ^a   Toney, Sean R ^a   Butler, W Ray ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequencing; High performance liquid chromatography; Mycolic acids

Indexed keywords

MYCOLIC ACID; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LENTIFLAVUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MUCOGENICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PEREGRINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PHOCAICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOLIC ACIDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77952703397     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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