Evaluation of a fluorescence-based PCR method for identification of serogroup A meningococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1766-1768

  Diggle, M A ^a   Smith, K ^a   Girvan, E K ^c   Clarke, S C ^a,b  

^a STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c WISHAW GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL LABELED ENDPOINT FLUORESCENCE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; FLUORESCENCE; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY FLUIDS; CULTURE MEDIA; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP A; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

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

EID: 0037386924     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.4.1766-1768.2003     Document Type: Article

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