Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonisation in respiratory tract secretions of military personnel

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 932-936

  Saravolatz, Louis D ^a   Johnson, L ^a   Galloway, L ^a   Manzor, O ^a   Pawlak, J ^a   Belian, B ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; LytA gene; Military personnel; PCR; Pneumolysin gene; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN LYTA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SECRETION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLDIER; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34547837348     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01762.x     Document Type: Article

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