Automated pangenomic analysis in target selection for PCR detection and identification of bacteria by use of ssGenefinder Webserver and its application to Salmonella enterica serovar typhi

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1905-1911

  Ho, Chi Chun ^a   Wu, Alan K L ^b   Tse, Cindy W S ^c   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,d   Lau, Susanna K P ^a,d   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA; FECES ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; KLEBSIELLA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA PRIMERS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA; KLEBSIELLA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA;

EID: 84862101373     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06843-11     Document Type: Article

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