Combined assay for two-hour identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis and concomitant detection of 16S ribosomal DNA in cerebrospinal fluid by real-time PCR

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 607-614

  Deutch, Susanna ^a   Møller, Jens ^b   Ostergaard, Lars ^a  

^a Departments of Infectious Diseases   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROSCOPY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48249107466     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540801914833     Document Type: Article

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