Detection of pneumolysin in cerebrospinal fluid for rapid diagnosis of pneumococcal meningitis

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 75-78

  Kanungo, Reba ^a,b   Bhaskar, M ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Badrinath, S ^a   Rajalakshmi, B ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b PONDICHERRY INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Co agglutination; CSF; Pneumococcal meningitis; Pneumolysin

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOLYSIN; PROTEIN A;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENCEPHALITIS; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STREPTOLYSINS;

EID: 1542712667     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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