Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for diagnosing Haemophilus influenzae b meningitis

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 347-353

  Singhi, Sunit C ^a   Pratibhad, D Mohankumar ^a   Singhi, Pratibha D ^a   Sapru, Sunita ^a   Ganguly, N K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

MENINGITIS;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036936652     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249302125002010     Document Type: Article

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