Laboratory diagnosis of pertussis: State of the art in 1997

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2435-2443

  Müller, Frank Michael C ^a,d   Hoppe, Jörg E ^b   Wirsing Von Konig C H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Krefeld   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS;

EID: 1842332703     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.10.2435-2443.1997     Document Type: Review

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