Consecutive use of two multiplex PCR-based assays for simultaneous identification and determination of capsular status of nine common Neisseria meningitidis serogroups associated with invasive disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1127-1131

  Bennett, Désirée E ^a   Cafferkey, Mary T ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER STATE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP A; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP C; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP W-135; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP Y; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 33644905915     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.1127-1131.2006     Document Type: Article

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