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J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.02258-07
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Quantitative real-time PCR is not more sensitive than ‘conventional’ PCR

Patrick Bastien*, Gary W. Procop, and Udo Reischl

University Montpellier 1 / Centre Hospitalier, Universitaire of Montpellier, Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Pôle "Biologie Moléculaire" du Centre National de, Référence de la Toxoplasmose, Faculty of Medicine, Montpellier, France; Molecular Microbiology, Mycology, and Parasitology, Cleveland Clinic, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute/L11, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: p-bastien{at}chu-montpellier.fr.


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Abstract

Molecular methods, essentially based upon the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), have become an indispensable tool in the diagnosis of infectious diseases. ...




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