Difficult-to-identify bacteria: how use of 16S rDNA PCR and gene sequencing can help

Br J Biomed Sci. 2008;65(1):33-6. doi: 10.1080/09674845.2008.11978106.

Authors

J Xu¹, T Stanley, B C Millar, R B McClurg, A Shaw, L Crothers, C E Goldsmith, R J Rooney, A Loughrey, R G Murphy, J S G Dooley, J E Moore

Affiliation

¹ Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

PMID: 18476494
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2008.11978106

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Cystic Fibrosis / microbiology
Databases, Nucleic Acid
Gram-Negative Bacteria / genetics*
Gram-Positive Bacteria / genetics*
Hematologic Neoplasms / microbiology
Humans
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / genetics
Phenotype
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
Pseudomonas aeruginosa / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods
Sequence Analysis, RNA / methods
Sputum / microbiology