TY - JOUR AU - Morata, Pilar AU - Queipo-Ortuño, María Isabel AU - de Dios Colmenero, Juan de Dios PY - 1998 SN - 0095-1137 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/2146 T2 - Journal of Clinical Microbiology AB - We studied two of the possible factors which can interfere with specific DNA amplification in a peripheral-blood PCR assay used for the diagnosis of human brucellosis. We found that high concentrations of leukocyte DNA and heme compounds inhibit PCR.... LA - en PB - American Society for Microbiology KW - España KW - Brucelosis KW - ADN bacteriano KW - Electroforesis en gel de agar KW - Leucocitos KW - Reacción en cadena de la polimerasa KW - Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Bacteria::Gram-Negative Bacteria::Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria::Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci::Brucellaceae::Brucella::Brucella abortus KW - Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Bacterial Infections and Mycoses::Bacterial Infections::Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections::Brucellosis KW - Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides::Nucleic Acids::DNA::DNA, Bacterial KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Chemistry Techniques, Analytical::Electrophoresis::Electrophoresis, Agar Gel KW - Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans KW - Medical Subject Headings::Anatomy::Hemic and Immune Systems::Blood::Blood Cells::Leukocytes KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Genetic Techniques::Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques::Polymerase Chain Reaction KW - Medical Subject Headings::Geographicals::Geographic Locations::Europe::Spain KW - Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Bacteria::Gram-Negative Bacteria::Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria::Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci::Brucellaceae::Brucella TI - Strategy for optimizing DNA amplification in a peripheral blood PCR assay used for diagnosis of human brucellosis. TY - research article ER -