How accurately can we detect Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection?

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Timms, Verlaine J ^a,b   Gehringer, Michelle M ^a   Mitchell, Hazel M ^a   Daskalopoulos, George ^b   Neilan, Brett A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Inner West Endoscopy Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Johne's disease; Mycobacterium paratuberculosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CROHN DISEASE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIACEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79952364322     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.01.026     Document Type: Review

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