Diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia by psaA PCR analysis of lung aspirates from adult patients in Kenya

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2554-2559

  Scott, J Anthony G ^a,b   Marston, Eric L ^c   Hall, Andrew J ^d   Marsh, Kevin ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN;

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KENYA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG ASPIRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSAA GENE; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0037843003     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2554-2559.2003     Document Type: Article

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