Urine sample used for congenital toxoplasmosis diagnosis by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2368-2371

  Fuentes, Isabel ^a   Rodriguez, Mercedes ^a   Domingo, Carlos J ^a   Del Castillo, Fernando ^b   Juncosa, Teresa ^c   Alvar, Jorge ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL LA PAZ   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NEWBORN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; URINE CULTURE;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0029845935     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.10.2368-2371.1996     Document Type: Article

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