False positive diagnosis of meningococcal infection by the IS1106 PCR ELISA

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-218

  Borrow, Ray ^a   Guiver, Malcolm ^a   Sadler, Francesca ^a   Kaczmarski, Edward B ^a   Fox, Andrew J ^a  

^a WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

False positive; Insertion sequence; Meningococcal infection; Non culture; Polymerase chain reaction enzyme linked immunosorbent assay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0032525068     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00124-4     Document Type: Article

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