Evaluation of a PCR assay for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in respiratory and nonrespiratory samples from adults with community-acquired pneumonia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-66

  Murdoch, David R ^a,c   Anderson, Trevor P ^a   Beynon, Kirsten A ^a   Chua, Alvin ^a   Fleming, Angela M ^a   Laing, Richard T R ^a   Town, G Ian ^a   Mills, Graham D ^b   Chambers, Stephen T ^a   Jennings, Lance C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOLYSIN; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; THROAT CULTURE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 12244294769     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.63-66.2003     Document Type: Article

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