Quantitative real-time PCR for detection of Acinetobacter baumannii colonization in the hospital environment

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1412-1414

  McConnell, Michael J ^a   Pérez Ordóñez, Ana ^a   Pérez Romero, Pilar ^a   Valencia, Raquel ^a   Lepe, José Antonio ^a   Vázquez Barba, Isabel ^a   Pachón, Jerónimo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A GENE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84858603263     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06566-11     Document Type: Article

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