Counting mycobacteria in infected human cells and mouse tissue: A comparison between qPCR and CFU

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Pathak, Sharad ^a,b   Awuh, Jane A ^c   Leversen, Nils Anders ^a   Flo, Trude H ^c   Åsjø, Birgitta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COLONY FORMATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; MACROPHAGE; MIXED INFECTION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL LOAD; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84859816432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034931     Document Type: Article

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