Diagnosis of whooping cough: A new era with rapid molecular diagnostics

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-93

  Cimolai, Nevio ^a   Trombley, Colleen ^a   O'Neill, Donna ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bordetella pertussis; polymerase chain reaction; whooping cough

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 0029911615     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199604000-00006     Document Type: Article

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