title: Difficult-to-identify bacteria: how use of 16S rDNA PCR and gene sequencing can help.
authors.affiliation: Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Millar
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: McClurg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Crothers
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Goldsmith
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Rooney
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loughrey
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: J S G
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Dooley
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000382:microbiology; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA / Q000379:methods; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology