Employment of broad range 16S rDNA PCR and sequencing in the detection of aetiological agents of meningitis

New Microbiologica

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-143

  Xu, Jiru ^a,b   Moore, John E ^a   Millar, Beverley C ^a   Webb, Hugh ^c   Shields, Michael D ^d,e   Goldsmith, Colin E ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Broad range; Cerebrospinal fluid; Meningitis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ACINETOBACTER; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ACINETOBACTER; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 21244441902     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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