Serum is the preferred clinical specimen for diagnosis of human brucellosis by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1661-1664

  Zerva, L ^a   Bourantas, K ^a   Mitka, S ^a   Kansouzidou, A ^a   Legakis, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035059544     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.4.1661-1664.2001     Document Type: Article

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