Comparison of nasal swab culture, quantitative culture of nasal mucosal tissue and PCR in detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage in rats

APMIS

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 734-738

  Kontiokari, Tero ^a   Renko, Marjo ^a   Kaijalainen, Tarja ^b   Kuisma, Leena ^b   Leinonen, Maija ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carriage; Nasal swab; Quantitative culture; Quantitative PCR; Rat; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0034491196     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2000.d01-22.x     Document Type: Article

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