Evaluation of PCR for diagnosis of melioidosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1039-1041

  Haase, Antje ^a,b   Brennan, Maree ^b   Barrett, Siobhan ^b   Wood, Yvonne ^b   Huffam, Sarah ^a   O'Brien, Daniel ^a   Currie, Bart ^a,b  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MELIOIDOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; RECTUM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; THROAT CULTURE;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 0031897228     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.4.1039-1041.1998     Document Type: Article

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