Evaluation of different PCR assays for early detection of acute and relapsing brucellosis in humans in comparison with conventional methods

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1211-1218

  Mitka, Stella ^a   Anetakis, Constantine ^a   Souliou, Efimia ^b   Diza, Eudoxia ^b   Kansouzidou, Athina ^a  

^a Infectious Diseases Hospital of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOMBS TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; COOMBS' TEST; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 34247249941     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00010-06     Document Type: Article

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