Evaluation of an extended diagnostic PCR assay for detection and verification of the common causes of bacterial meningitis in CSF and other biological samples

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-60

  Backman A ^a   Lantz, P G ^b,c   Radstrom P ^b   Olcen P ^a  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacterial meningitis; Cerebrospinal fluid; Haemophilus influenzae; Listeria monocytogenes; Neisseria meningitidis; PCR; Streptococcus agalactiae; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033083379     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1998.0218     Document Type: Article

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