An improved qPCR protocol for rapid detection and quantification of Clostridium difficile in cattle feces

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 341, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-121

  Bandelj, Petra ^a   Logar, Katarina ^a   Usenik, Alenka M ^a   Vengust, Modest ^a   Ocepek, Matjaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Clostridium difficile; Epidemiology; qPCR; TaqMan PCR reagents

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CALF (MAMMAL); CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE TARGETING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FECES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 84875662507     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12102     Document Type: Article

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