Rapid PCR-based detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae DNA in cerebrospinal fluid [4]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3434-

  Kearns, Angela M ^a   Freeman, Roger ^a   Murphy, Olive M ^a   Seiders, Penelope R ^a   Steward, Michael ^b   Wheeler, Janice ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Novocastra Laboratories Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LETTER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0345493730     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3434-3434.1999     Document Type: Letter

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