Rates of detection of Neisseria meningitidis in tonsils differ in relation to local incidence of invasive disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3917-3921

  Greiner, Oliver ^a   Berger, Christoph ^a   Day, Philip J R ^a   Meier, Gabriela ^a   Tang, Christoph M ^a   Nadal, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SWITZERLAND; TONSIL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0036840105     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.3917-3921.2002     Document Type: Article

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