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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2001, p. 4163-4165, Vol. 39, No. 11
The National Diagnostics Centre, BioResearch
Ireland, National University of Ireland,1
and Department of Medical Microbiology, University College
Hospital,2 Galway, Ireland
Received 15 February 2001/Returned for modification 11 July
2001/Accepted 22 August 2001
DNA was extracted from 50 human stool specimens using the QIAamp
DNA stool minikit. PCR amplification was followed by post-PCR hybridization to DNA probes specific for the
Campylobacter genus, Campylobacter
jejuni, and Campylobacter coli in a colorimetric membrane assay. Thirty-two of 38 culture-positive specimens were PCR/DNA probe positive for C. jejuni. The assay is rapid
and simple and can be applied to stool specimens for the detection of
Campylobacter.
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.11.4163-4165.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Evaluation of a PCR/DNA Probe Colorimetric Membrane Assay for
Identification of Campylobacter spp. in Human
Stool Specimens
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: DNA Diagnostics
Laboratory, The National Diagnostics Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. Phone: 353-91586559. Fax: 353-91586570. E-mail: Evelyn.Collins{at}nuigalway.ie.
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