Real-time quantitative PCR for the detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the middle ear fluid of children with acute otitis media

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 385-390

  Saukkoriipi, Annika ^a   Palmu, Arto ^a   Kilpi, Terhi ^a   Leinonen, Maija ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Real time PCR; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

EUROPIUM; PNEUMOLYSIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; PLY PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ACUTE DISEASE; CERUMEN; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CERUMEN; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; EUROPIUM; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSINS;

EID: 0036813510     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.2002.0443     Document Type: Article

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