Molecular techniques for the diagnosis of respiratory bacterial infection

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 174-178

  Gillespie, Stephen ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033126420     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199905000-00009     Document Type: Article

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