Influence of 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Polymerase Chain Reaction and Sequencing on Antibiotic Management of Bone and Joint Infections

B Alraddadi; S Al-Azri; KR Forward

doi:10.1155/2013/747145

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2013)

Influence of 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Polymerase Chain Reaction and Sequencing on Antibiotic Management of Bone and Joint Infections

B Alraddadi,
S Al-Azri,
KR Forward

Affiliations

B Alraddadi: Departments of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, and Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
S Al-Azri: Departments of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, and Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
KR Forward: Departments of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, and Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/747145
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 24, no. 2
pp. 85 – 88

Abstract

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INTRODUCTION: Amplification of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by analysis of generated sequences can be an important adjunct to conventional cultures.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

ISSN: 1712-9532 (Print); 1918-1493 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
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