Direct detection of mycobacterium ulcerans in clinical specimens and environmental samples

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 943, Issue , 2013, Pages 201-216

  Lavender, Caroline J ^a   Fyfe, Janet A M ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buruli ulcer; Clinical; Direct detection; Environmental; Mycobacteria; Mycobacterium ulcerans; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 84870477261     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-353-4_13     Document Type: Article

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