Prospective study to determine clinical relevance of detection of pneumococcal DNA in sera of children by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 669-673

  Dagan, Ron ^a   Shriker, Ofra ^a   Hazan, Inbal ^a   Leibovitz, Eugene ^a   Greenberg, David ^a   Schlaeffer, Francis ^a   Levy, Rachel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031917138     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.3.669-673.1998     Document Type: Article

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