Prospective study of a real-time PCR that is highly sensitive, specific, and clinically useful for diagnosis of meningococcal disease in children

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2919-2925

  Bryant, Penelope A ^a,b   Li, Hua Yi ^b   Zaia, Angelo ^b   Griffith, Julia ^b   Hogg, Geoff ^b   Curtis, Nigel ^a,b   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTICEMIA; STANDARD; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 3142763082     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.7.2919-2925.2004     Document Type: Article

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