Multiplex polymerase chain reaction method to detect Cyclospora, Cystoisospora, and Microsporidia in stool samples

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 386-390

  Taniuchi, Mami ^a   Verweij, Jaco J ^b   Sethabutr, Orntipa ^c   Bodhidatta, Ladaporn ^c   Garcia, Lynne ^d   Maro, Athanasia ^e   Kumburu, Happiness ^e   Gratz, Jean ^e   Kibiki, Gibson ^e   Houpt, Eric R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^d LSG and Associates   (United States)

^e KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Cyclospora; Cyclospora cayetanensis; Cystoisospora; Cystoisospora belli; Diarrhea; Encephalitozoon intestinalis; Enterocytozoon bieneusi; Enteropathogens; Fecal PCR; Isospora; Isospora belli; Luminex; Microsporidia; Multiplex PCR; PCR; Stool PCR

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FECES ANALYSIS; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDONESIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOSPORA BELLI; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORIDIA; MOLECULAR PROBE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; THAILAND;

CROSS REACTIONS; CYCLOSPORA; DNA PRIMERS; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MICROSPORIDIA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOSES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 82555169769     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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