Detection of Bartonella spp. DNA in clinical specimens using an internally controlled real-time PCR assay

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 943, Issue , 2013, Pages 217-228

  Bergmans, Anneke M C ^a,b   Rossen, John W A ^c  

^a Franciscus Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Cat scratch disease; Molecular diagnostics; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HUMANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE;

EID: 84870536101     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-353-4_14     Document Type: Article

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