Further evaluation of a multiplex PCR for differentiation of Salmonella paratyphi A from other Salmonellae

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 313-314

  Teh, Cindy Shuan Ju ^a   Chua, Kek Heng ^b   Puthucheary, Savithri Devi ^b   Thong, Kwai Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FECES ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI C; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; FECES; HUMANS; PARATYPHOID FEVER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 48749117963     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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