Evaluation of nested PCR in diagnosis of typhoid fever

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 431-432

  Prakash, Pradyot ^a,b   Mishra, Om Prakash ^a   Singh, Alok Kumar ^a   Gulati, Anil Kumar ^a   Nath, Gopal ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TYPHOID FEVER;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; INFANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI;

EID: 11844276677     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.1.431-432.2005     Document Type: Article

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