Evaluation of the GenBank, EzTaxon, and BIBI services for molecular identification of clinical blood culture isolates that were unidentifiable or misidentified by conventional methods

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1792-1795

  Park, Kyung Sun ^a   Ki, Chang Seok ^a   Kang, Cheol In ^a   Kim, Yae Jean ^a   Chung, Doo Ryeon ^a   Peck, Kyong Ran ^a   Song, Jae Hoon ^a   Lee, Nam Yong ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIBI; BLOOD CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EZTAXON; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENBANK; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84859951007     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00081-12     Document Type: Article

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