Comparison of nucleic acid amplification, Serology, and microbiologic culture for diagnosis of Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in foals

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1289-1293

  Sellon, D C ^a   Besser, T E ^a   Vivrette, S L ^a   McConnico, R S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNODIFFUSION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0035061998     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.4.1289-1293.2001     Document Type: Article

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