Large-scale evaluation of a single-tube nested PCR for the laboratory diagnosis of human brucellosis in Kuwait

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 727-730

  Al Nakkas, Aref ^a,b   Mustafa, Abu Salim ^b   Wright, Stephen G ^a,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; IS711 GENE; KUWAIT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KUWAIT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 23744450809     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45772-0     Document Type: Article

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