Validation of a multiplex pneumococcal serotyping assay with clinical samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 383-388

  Lin, Jisheng ^a   Kaltoft, Margit S ^b   Brandao, Angela P ^c,d   Echaniz Aviles, Gabriela ^e   Brandileone, M Cristina C ^c   Hollingshead, Susan K ^f   Benjamin, William H ^a,f   Nahm, Moon H ^a,f  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^f University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; IMMUNOASSAY; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CULTURE MEDIA; DENMARK; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MEXICO; MICROSPHERES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 32344452237     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.2.383-388.2006     Document Type: Article

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