Novel sensitive real-time PCR for quantification of bacterial 16S rRNA genes in plasma of HIV-infected patients as a marker for microbial translocation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3691-3693

  Kramski, M ^a   Gaeguta, A J ^a,g   Lichtfuss, G F ^b,c   Rajasuriar, R ^b,c,d   Crowe, S M ^b,f   French, M A ^e   Lewin, S R ^b,c,f   Center, R J ^a   Purcell, D F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PLASMA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 80053474363     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01018-11     Document Type: Article

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