Multiplex PCR-based reverse line blot assay for simultaneous detection of 22 virulence genes in uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1198-1202

  Kudinha, Timothy ^a   Kong, Fanrong ^b   Johnson, James R ^c   Andrew, Scott D ^a   Anderson, Peter ^a   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^b,d  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLINICAL TESTS; CONTROL STRAIN; DETECTION LIMITS; E. COLI; FECAL SOURCES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; MOLECULAR ASSAYS; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; NO REFERENCES; SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROPATHOGENIC; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE FACTORS; VIRULENCE GENE;

ASSAYS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH CARE; MULTIPLEXING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GENES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINE; VIRULENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CYSTITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; EVALUATION; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CYSTITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEW SOUTH WALES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84863183493     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06921-11     Document Type: Article

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