Rapid detection and molecular differentiation of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans strains by LightCycler PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2485-2489

  Sing, Andreas ^a   Berger, Anja ^a   Schneider Brachert, Wulf ^b   Holzmann, Thomas ^b   Reischl, Udo ^b  

^a BAVARIAN HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOX GENE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 79959823134     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00452-11     Document Type: Article

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