Detection of virulence, antibiotic resistance and toxin (VAT) genes in Campylobacter species using newly developed multiplex PCR assays

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 124, Issue , 2016, Pages 41-47

  Laprade, Natacha ^a   Cloutier, Michel ^a   Lapen, David R ^a   Topp, Edward ^b   Wilkes, Graham ^a   Villemur, Richard ^c   Khan, Izhar U H ^a  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b LONDON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural water; C. coli; C. jejuni; C. lari; Campylobacter spp.; Multiplex PCR assays; Tet(O); Virulence and toxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; CDTA GENE; CDTB GENE; CDTC GENE; CIAB GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNAJ GENE; FLAA GENE; FLAB GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PLDA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACR GENE; TET(O) GENE; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84962240739     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2016.03.009     Document Type: Article

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