A multiplex PCR method to detect 14 Escherichia coli serogroups associated with urinary tract infections

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-77

  Li, Dan ^a,b   Liu, Bin ^a,b   Chen, Min ^e   Guo, Dan ^a,b   Guo, Xi ^a,b   Liu, Fenxia ^a,b   Feng, Lu ^a,b,c   Wang, Lei ^a,b,c,d  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics   (China)

^c Tianjin Research Center for Functional Genomics and Biochip   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^e SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Multiplex PCR; O antigen; Urinary tract infection; Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

O ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA;

EID: 77953537274     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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