Accuracy of a polymerase chain reaction-based assay for detection of pneumococcal bacteremia in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 813-816

  Isaacman, Daniel J ^a,c,d   Zhang, Yingze ^a   Reynolds, Ellen A ^b   Ehrlich, Garth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Children; Detection; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031900129     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.5.813     Document Type: Article

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