An optimized SYBR green I/PI assay for rapid viability assessment and antibiotic susceptibility testing for Borrelia burgdorferi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Feng, Jie ^a   Wang, Ting ^a   Zhang, Shuo ^a   Shi, Wanliang ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SYBR GREEN I;

ACCURACY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVE DEAD BACLIGHT ASSAY; MICROSCOPY; MTT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYBR GREEN I PI ASSAY; SYTOX GREEN HOECHST 33342 ASSAY; XTT ASSAY; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROCEDURES;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 84909606249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111809     Document Type: Article

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