Real-time PCR assay and a synthetic positive control for the rapid and sensitive detection of the emerging resistance gene New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase-1 (blaNDM-1)

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-141

  Krüttgen, Alexander ^a   Razavi, Soheila ^a   Imöhl, Matthias ^a   Ritter, Klaus ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emerging pathogen; PCR; Resistance, synthetic gene, positive control

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE SYNTHESIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; NEW DELHI MATALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955690676     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-011-0189-y     Document Type: Article

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