PCR-based identification of Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. rhinoscleromatis, the agent of rhinoscleroma

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Fevre, Cindy ^a   Passet, Virginie ^a   Deletoile, Alexis ^a   Barbe, Valérie ^b   Frangeul, Lionel ^a   Almeida, Ana S ^a   Sansonetti, Philippe ^a   Tournebize, Régis ^a   Brisse, Sylvain ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; PHOSPHATE PORIN; PORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE K3; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN METABOLISM; KLEBSIELLA RHINOSCLEROMATIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHATE PORIN GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOSCLEROMA; SEROTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PORINS; RHINOSCLEROMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79957991621     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001052     Document Type: Article

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