A multiplex touchdown PCR for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae type b and Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in sputum samples

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 422-428

  Luo, Y C ^a,b   Du, P ^c   Zhao, J Z ^d   Duan, X J ^d   Hou, Y J ^a   Pan, H ^a   Shao, S H ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xinghua People's Hospital   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CPSA PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMANS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84866903853     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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