Molecular genetic methods in the diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections

APMIS

Volumn 112, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 713-727

  Murdoch, David R ^a,b  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Lower respiratory tract infection; Nucleic acid amplification test; PCR; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; LEGIONELLA; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHLAMYDIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SARS VIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 12844268668     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2004.apm11211-1202.x     Document Type: Review

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