A new loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for rapid, simple, and sensitive detection of Leptospira spp. in urine

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2072-2074

  Koizumi, Nobuo ^a   Nakajima, Chie ^b   Harunari, Tsunehito ^c   Tanikawa, Tsutomu ^c   Tokiwa, Toshihiro ^d   Uchimura, Eriko ^e   Furuya, Tokujiro ^f   Mingala, Claro Niegos ^g   Villanueva, Marvin Ardeza ^g   Ohnishi, Makoto ^a   Suzuki, Yasuhiko ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ikari Corporation   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Kagoshima Central Livestock Hygiene Service Center   (Japan)

^f PFIZER INC   (United States)

^g Philippine Carabao Center National Headquarters and Genepool   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA ALEXANDERI; LEPTOSPIRA ALSTONII; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA BROOMII; LEPTOSPIRA FAINEI; LEPTOSPIRA INADAI; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; LEPTOSPIRA KMETYI; LEPTOSPIRA LICERASIAE; LEPTOSPIRA MEYERI; LEPTOSPIRA NOGUCHII; LEPTOSPIRA SANTAROSAI; LEPTOSPIRA TERPSTRAE; LEPTOSPIRA VANTHIELII; LEPTOSPIRA WEILII; LEPTOSPIRA WOLBACHII; LEPTOSPIRA WOLFFII; LEPTOSPIRA YANAGAWAE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; URINALYSIS; URINE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; URINE;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 84862060058     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00481-12     Document Type: Article

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