Rapid and sensitive detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans by use of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification test

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1737-1741

  Njiru, Zablon K ^a   Yeboah Manu, Dorothy ^b   Stinear, Timothy P ^c   Fyfe, Janet A M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BURULI ULCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BURULI ULCER; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84859959641     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06460-11     Document Type: Article

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