Quality assessed nonculture techniques for detection and typing of meningococci

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-42

  Taha, Muhamed Kheir ^a   Fox, Andrew ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Meningococci; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; NUCLEIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DNA EXTRACTION; GENOTYPE; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SAMPLE; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; EUROPE; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 33846034990     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2006.00054.x     Document Type: Review

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