Molecular diagnosis of cat scratch disease: a two-step approach
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Molecular diagnosis of cat scratch disease: a two-step approach.
Amplification of Bartonella henselae DNA has been proposed as a diagnostic test for cat scratch disease (CSD). The sensitivities of the following three PCR assays were compared. PCR/rRNA with universal primers amplifies part of the 16S rRNA gene, followed by hybridization with a specific B. henselae probe; PCR/CS and PCR/HSP amplify portions of the gltA and the htrA genes, respectively, each fo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.8.1924-1930.1997