Real-time multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay for rapid detection of clostridium difficile toxin-encoding strains

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 719-726

  Houser, Beth A ^a   Hattel, Arthur L ^a   Jayarao, Bhushan M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; FECES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TCDA GENE; TCDB GENE;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; MEAT; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 77953752228     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2009.0483     Document Type: Article

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