Molecular methods for the detection of mycoplasma and ureaplasma infections in humans: A paper from the 2011 William Beaumont Hospital symposium on molecular pathology

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 437-450

  Waites, Ken B ^a   Xiao, Li ^a   Paralanov, Vanya ^b   Viscardi, Rose M ^c   Glass, John I ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MACROLIDE;

DNA EXTRACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPOSIUM; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA INFECTION; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84865106263     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2012.06.001     Document Type: Review

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