Real-time multiplex PCR for simultaneous detection of Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella, Shigella and Yersinia species in fecal samples

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 301, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 577-584

  Wiemer, Dorothea ^a   Loderstaedt, Ulrike ^b   von Wulffen, Hinrik ^c   Priesnitz, Simone ^a   Fischer, Marcellus ^a   Tannich, Egbert ^a   Hagen, Ralf Matthias ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c Medilys Inst for Lab Medicine Microbiology and Hygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Multiplex PCR; Real time PCR; Salmonella; Shigella; Yersinia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA PROBE; DNA PURIFICATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PUBLISHING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHIGELLA; YERSINIA;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052721758     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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