Increased detection of meningococcal infections in California using a polymerase chain reaction assay

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1124-1126

  Cummings, Kate C ^a   Louie, Janice ^b   Probert, Will S ^a   Killoran, Patrick B ^a,c   Schechter, Robert ^a   Mohle Boetani, Janet C ^a   Vugia, Duc J ^a   Backer, Howard ^a   Rosenberg, Jon ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALIFORNIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 42549162066     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/529391     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Bryant PA, Li HY, Zaia A, et al. Prospective study of a real-time PCR that is highly sensitive, specific, and clinically useful for diagnosis of meningococcal disease in children. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:2919-25.
2. Corless CE, Guiver M, Borrow R, Edwards-Jones V, Fox AJ, Kaczmarski EB. Simultaneous detection of Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae, and Streptococcus pneumoniae in suspected cases of meningitis and septicemia using real-time PCR. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39:1553-8.