| Literature DB >> 16806331 |
F Duquesne1, S Pronost, C Laugier, S Petry.
Abstract
A direct-PCR assay was developed for the rapid detection of Taylorella equigenitalis, a Gram-negative bacterium responsible for contagious equine metritis (CEM) in Equidae. The bacteria may be detected in equine genital swabs without need for a preliminary step of DNA extraction or bacterial isolation. Specificity was determined with 125 isolates of T. equigenitalis, 24 isolates of Taylorella asinigenitalis, five commensal bacteria of the genital tract and a facultative intracellular pathogen of foals found in large concentration in soil. Our PCR is specific and amplified a 413-bp 16S ribosomal DNA product only in all T. equigenitalis.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16806331 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2006.05.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Res Vet Sci ISSN: 0034-5288 Impact factor: 2.534