Detection and serogroup determination of Neisseria meningitidis in CSF by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-45

  Porritt, Robert J ^a,b   Mercer, Joanne L ^a   Munro, Rosemary ^a  

^a New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^b S Western Area Pathology Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

CSF; Meningitis; Meningococcal disease; Neisseria meningitidis; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING;

EID: 0034004686     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003130200104565     Document Type: Article

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