Real-time multiplex PCR assay and melting curve analysis for identifying diarrheagenic Escherichia coli

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1031-1033

  Souza, Tamara B ^a   Lozer, Diego M ^a   Kitagawa, Sônia M S ^a   Spano, Liliana C ^a   Silva, Neusa P ^b   Scaletsky, Isabel C A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AATA GENE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAAC GENE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EAE GENE; ELT GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; EST GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; IPAH GENE; MELTING CURVE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PEAF GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84874057181     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02478-12     Document Type: Article

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