Evaluation of a new serotyping kit for Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 975-980

  Mudany, Mildred Anyango ^a   Kikuchi, Ken ^a   Totsuka, Kyoichi ^a   Uchiyama, Takehiko ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 1542751243     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05306-0     Document Type: Article

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