Polymerase chain reaction for screening clinical isolates of corynebacteria for the production of diphtheria toxin.

AIMS--To assess the performance of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) when used to screen rapidly large numbers of corynebacteria for toxin production; and to determine the incidence of false positive PCR results with non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolates. METHODS--Eighty seven recent...

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Main Authors: Pallen, M J, Hay, A J, Puckey, L H, Efstratiou, A
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1994
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC501941/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8027375
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