Clinical use of a diagnostic PCR for Francisella tularensis in patients with suspected ulceroglandular tularaemia

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 833-837

  Eliasson, Henrik ^a,c   Sjöstedt, Anders ^b   Bäck, Erik ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TULAREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN ULCER; SWEDEN; TULAREMIA;

EID: 30544447246     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500400951     Document Type: Article

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