Improving the molecular diagnosis of chlamydia psittaci and chlamydia abortus infection with a species-specific duplex real-time PCR

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1174-1185

  Opota, Onya ^a   Jaton, Katia ^a   Branley, James ^b   Vanrompay, Daisy ^c   Erard, Veronique ^d   Borel, Nicole ^e   Longbottom, David ^f   Greub, Gilbert ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Clinic of Internal Medicine   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDIA ABORTUS INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; ANIMAL; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RUMINANT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIRDS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; RUMINANTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84944726609     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000139     Document Type: Article

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