Rapid detection of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in cerebrospinal fluid by a seminested-PCR strategy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 453-457

  Du Plessis, Mignon ^a,b   Smith, Anthony M ^a   Klugman, Keith P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PNEUMOCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031975140     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.2.453-457.1998     Document Type: Article

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