Direct PCR assay for detection of Neisseria meningitidis in human cerebrospinal fluid

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 689-694

  Abdel Salam, H A ^a  

^a Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0042786459     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02825663     Document Type: Article

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