Real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in sputum samples from patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 452-457

  Bayram, Aysen ^a   Kocoglu, Esra ^a   Balci, Iclal ^a   Filiz, Ayten ^a   Eksi, Fahriye ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pneumonia; Polymerase chain reaction; Sensitivity and specificity; Sputum; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOLYSIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PLY PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; PRIMER DNA; STREPTOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSINS;

EID: 33847740745     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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