Comparison of use of cerebrospinal fluid, serum, and throat swab specimens in diagnosis of enteroviral acute neurological infection by a rapid RNA detection PCR assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 589-591

  Andréoletti, Laurent ^a,b   Blassel Damman, Nathalie ^a   Dewilde, Anny ^a   Vallée, Louis ^a   Cremer, Robin ^a   Hober, Didier ^a   Wattré, Pierre ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ENTEROVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 2642674425     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.2.589-591.1998     Document Type: Article

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