Improved case confirmation in meningococcal disease with whole blood Taqman PCR

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 449-452

  Hackett, Scott J ^a   Carrol, E D ^a   Guiver, M ^b   Marsh, J ^b   Sills, J A ^a   Thomson, A P J ^a   Kaczmarski, E B ^b   Hart, C A ^c  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAQ POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036260161     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.86.6.449     Document Type: Article

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