One-step heminested PCR for amplification of Neisseria meningitidis DNA in cerebrospinal fluid

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 193-199

  Atobe, Jane H ^b   Hirata, Mário H ^c   Hoshino Shimizu, Sumie ^c   Schmal, Manoel R ^a   Mamizuka, Elsa M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Molecular diagnosis; Neisseria meningitidis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033942384     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2825(2000)14:4<193::AID-JCLA9>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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