Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by a triplex polymerase chain reaction assay based on lasI/R and gyrB genes

• Main Authors: Hosseine Aghamollaei (Author), Mehrdad M. Moghaddam (Author), Hamid Kooshki (Author), Mohammad Heiat (Author), Reza Mirnejad (Author), Nastaran S. Barzi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a nosocomial pathogen, which, due to its inherent and acquired resistance to a wide range of antibiotics, causes high mortality rates. Therefore, rapid detection of the bacterium with high specificity and sensitivity plays a critical role in the control of the pathogenic ba...