Detection of Haemophilus influenzae type b by real-time PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3813-3815

  Marty, Adrian ^a   Greiner, Oliver ^a   Day, Philip J R ^a   Gunziger, Sibylle ^a   Mühlemann, Kathrin ^b   Nadal, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DNA PRIMERS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 3843078643     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3813-3815.2004     Document Type: Article

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