Identification and molecular discrimination of toxigenic and nontoxigenic diphtheria Corynebacterium strains by combined real-time polymerase chain reaction assays.

Mancini, Fabiola

Identification and molecular discrimination of toxigenic and nontoxigenic diphtheria Corynebacterium strains by combined real-time polymerase chain reaction assays. [electronic resource] - Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease Jun 2012 - 111-20 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1879-0070

10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.02.022 doi


Bacterial Proteins--genetics
Base Sequence
Corynebacterium--classification
Corynebacterium Infections
DNA, Bacterial--analysis
Diphtheria Toxin--genetics
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Molecular Typing--methods
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction--methods
Regression Analysis
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sequence Alignment