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J Clin Microbiol
; 39(5): 1956-9, 2001 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11326021
ABSTRACT
Real-time PCR methods with primers and a probe targeting conserved regions of the bacterial 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) revealed a larger amount of rDNA in blood specimens from healthy individuals than in matched reagent controls. However, the origins and identities of these blood-associated bacterial rDNA sequences remain obscure.