Comparison of hand-held test kits, immunofluorescence microscopy, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and flow cytometric analysis for rapid presumptive identification of Yersinia pestis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3404-3407

  Tomaso, H ^a   Thullier, P ^b   Seibold, E ^a   Guglielmo, V ^b   Buckendahl, A ^a   Rahalison, L ^c   Neubauer, H ^d   Scholz, H C ^a   Splettstoesser, W D ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEVICE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; YERSINIA PESTIS;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 35348914797     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00458-07     Document Type: Article

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