Coxiella Burnetii Real Time PCR Kit

Coxiella burnetii is an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen, and is the causative agent of Q fever. C. burnetii is a small Gram-negative, coccobacillary bacterium that is highly resistant to environmental stresses such as high temperature, osmotic pressure, and ultraviolet light. These characteristics are attributed to a small cell variant form of the organism that is part of a biphasic developmental cycle, including a more metabolically and replicatively active large cell variant form. It can survive standard disinfectants, and is resistant to many other environmental changes like those presented in the phagolysosome.

The BioPerfectus Coxiella Burnetii Real Time PCR Kit is an in vitro diagnostic test, based on real-time PCR technology, for the detection of DNA from Coxiella Burnetii. Specimens can be obtained from human blood.