The usefulness of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis;Utilidad de la reaccion en cadena de la polimerasa (PCR) en el diagnostico de la meningitis meningococica

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 74-77

  Pardo, Fernanda ^a   Juncal, Raúl ^b   Rajo, Carmen ^b   Pérez Del Molino, M Luisa ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE GALICIA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Meningitis; Neisseria meningitidis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GENETICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033038912     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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