Improved multiplex PCR strategy for rapid assignment of the four major Escherichia coli phylogenetic groups

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3108-3110

  Doumith, Michel ^a   Day, M J ^a   Hope, R ^a   Wain, J ^a,b   Woodford, N ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYLYASE; DECARBOXYLASE ALPHA; ESTERASE; LIPASE ESTERASE; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN CHUA; PROTEIN YJAA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHUA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GADA GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YJAA GENE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865176545     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01468-12     Document Type: Article

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