Rapid identification of nine microorganisms causing acute respiratory tract infections by single-tube multiplex reverse transcription-PCR: Feasibility study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Gröndahl, Britta ^a   Puppe, Wolfram ^a   Hoppe, Andrea ^a   Kühne, Inka ^a   Weigl, Josef A I ^a   Schmitt, Heinz Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENTEROVIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS; SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 0344450792     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.1-7.1999     Document Type: Article

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