Recent advances in the rapid diagnosis of respiratory tract infection

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue , 2002, Pages 97-114

  Myint, Steven ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0036254561     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/61.1.97     Document Type: Review

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