Diagnosis of meningococcal disease by polymerase chain reaction;Aumento de la rentabilidad diagnóstica en la enfermedad meningocócica mediante la técnica de reacción en cadena de la polimerasa

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 120, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 721-724

  Muñoz Almargo, Carmen ^a   Palomeque, Antonio ^a   Roca, Joan ^a   Gené, Amadeo ^a   Palacín, Edgar ^a   Latorre, Cristina ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Meningococcal disease; PCR; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 16744363824     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13048062     Document Type: Article

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