Sensitivity and performance characteristics of a direct PCR with stool samples in comparison to conventional techniques for diagnosis of Shigella and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli infection in children with acute diarrhoea in Calcutta, India

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 667-674

  Dutta, S ^a   Chatterjee, A ^a   Dutta, P ^a   Rajendran, K ^a   Roy, S ^a   Pramanik, K C ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDIZATION; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0034914055     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-50-8-667     Document Type: Article

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