Multiplex touchdown PCR for rapid typing of the opportunistic pathogen Propionibacterium acnes.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on January 28, 2015

Authors

Emma Barnard1, István Nagy2, Judit Hunyadkürti2, Sheila Patrick1, Andrew McDowell3

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University, Belfast, United Kingdom.
2: Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary.
3: Centre for Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University, Belfast, United Kingdom a.mcdowell@ulster.ac.uk.

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