New PCR primers for the sensitive detection and specific identification of Group B β-hemolytic streptococci in cerebrospinal fluid

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 349-357

  Ahmet, Z ^b   Stanier, P ^a   Harvey, D ^a   Holt, D ^a  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Group B hemolytic streptococci (GBS); Meningitis; PCR

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PORCINUS;

EID: 0032847858     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1999.0262     Document Type: Article

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