Usefulness of immunohistochemical diagnosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded specimens compared with culture and gram stain techniques

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 612-618

  Guarner, Jeannette ^a   Packard, Michelle M ^a   Nolte, Kurt B ^b   Paddock, Christopher D ^a   Shieh, Wun Ju ^a   Tondella, Maria L ^a   McGee, Lesley ^a,c   Zaki, Sherif R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Immunohistochemistry; Pathology; Polymerase chain reaction; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENINGITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADULT; AGED; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PHENAZINES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 34247159605     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/J3LD0RBP788W1TM8     Document Type: Article

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