PCR of cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosis of bacterial meningitis during meningococcal epidemics; an example from Sudan

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 719-723

  Issa, Mohamed ^a,c   Mölling, Paula ^b   Bäckman, Anders ^b   Unemo, Magnus ^b   Sulaiman, Nageeb ^c   Olcén, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JUBA   (Sudan)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c National Health Laboratory Sudan   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FATALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUDAN; TECHNOLOGY;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP A; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDAN;

EID: 0242383164     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310016367     Document Type: Article

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