Simultaneous single-tube PCR-based assay for the direct identification of the five most common meningococcal serogroups from clinical samples

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-182

  Drakopoulou, Zacharoula ^a   Kesanopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Sioumala, Maria ^a   Tambaki, Alexandra ^a   Kremastinou, Jenny ^a   Tzanakaki, Georgina ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clinical samples; Multiplex PCR; Neisseria meningitidis; Serogroups

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE TUBE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALIDITY;

HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 45149112492     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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