Evaluation of the Roche Amplicor polymerase chain reaction assay for detection of enteroviruses in cerebrospinal fluid and impact on patient management

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 672-676

  Robinson, David W ^a   Kociuba, Katherine R ^a  

^a SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Enteroviral meningitis; Patient management; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ENTEROVIRUS;

EID: 0031451135     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1997.tb00477.x     Document Type: Article

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