A multiplex PCR assay for the detection of respiratory bacteriae in nasopharyngeal smears from children with acute respiratory disease

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 769-774

  Geertsen, Ralf ^a   Kaeppeli, Franz ^b   Sterk Kuzmanovic, Natasa ^c   Andrasevic, Sasa ^c   Anic Milic, Tatjana ^d   Dobec, Marinko ^a,b  

^a Institute Virion Ltd   (Switzerland)

^b Medica   (Switzerland)

^c Croatia   (Croatia)

^d PLIVA Research Institute Ltd   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORDETELLA PARAPERTUSSIS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; EXTERNAL OTITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BORDETELLA PARAPERTUSSIS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34548125821     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701367736     Document Type: Article

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