Molecular characterisation of Haemophilus influenzae type a and untypeable strains isolated simultaneously from cerebrospinal fluid and blood: Novel use of quantitative real-time PCR based on the cap copy number to determine virulence

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 637-643

  Ohkusu, K ^a,b   Nash, K A ^b   Inderlied, C B ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cap gene; Haemophilus influenzae serotype a; Meningitis; PCR; Quantitative real time PCR; Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BEXA PROTEIN; CAP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TANDEM REPEAT;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE A;

EID: 22944489248     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01203.x     Document Type: Article

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