Modified real-time PCR for detecting, differentiating, and quantifying Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 206-212

  Vancutsem, Ellen ^a   Soetens, Oriane ^a   Breugelmans, Maria ^a   Foulon, Walter ^a   Naessens, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA INFECTION; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 79952267535     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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