Evaluation of a diagnostic polymerase chain reaction assay for Neisseria meningitidis in North America and field experience during an outbreak

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1209-1215

  Pollard, Andrew J ^a,e   Probe, Gary ^a   Trombley, Colleen ^b   Castell, Annette ^b   Whitehead, Sue ^b   Bigham, J Mark ^c   Champagne, Sylvie ^c   Isaac Renton, Judy ^c   Tan, Rusung ^b   Guiver, Malcolm ^d   Borrow, Ray ^d   Speert, David P ^a   Thomas, Eva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTICEMIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036826575     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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