Use of 16S ribosomal DNA polymerase chain reaction to identify Haemophilus influenzae type B as the etiology of pericarditis in an infant [5]

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-288

  Benson, Crystal ^a   Gantt, Soren ^a   Zerr, Danielle M ^a   Qin, Xuan ^a   Abe, Patrick ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DNA 16S; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMANS; INFANT; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14944360668     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000154593.22356.e2     Document Type: Letter

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