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. 2006 May;44(5):1828-30.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1828-1830.2006.

Rapid detection of Brucella spp. in blood cultures by fluorescence in situ hybridization

Nele Wellinghausen  1 , Karsten Nöckler, Anja Sigge, Melanie Bartel, Andreas Essig, Sven Poppert
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Rapid detection of Brucella spp. in blood cultures by fluorescence in situ hybridization

Nele Wellinghausen et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 May.

Abstract

Brucellosis is a severe systemic disease in humans. We describe a new 16S rRNA-based fluorescence in situ hybridization assay that facilitates rapid and specific detection of all human pathogenic species of Brucella and that can be applied directly to positive blood cultures.

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