Direct detection of Nocardia spp. in clinical samples by a rapid molecular method

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1921-1924

  Couble, Andrée ^a   Rodríguez Nava, Verónica ^a   Pérouse De Montclos, Michèle ^b   Boiron, Patrick ^a   Laurent, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOASSAY; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG LAVAGE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLEURA FLUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; SPUTUM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

BIOPSY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SPUTUM; SUPPURATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16844380480     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.4.1921-1924.2005     Document Type: Article

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