Evaluation of the MICROSEQ 500 16S rDNA-based gene sequencing for the diagnosis of culture-negative bacterial meningitis

New Microbiologica

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-349

  Arosio, Marco ^a,f   Nozza, Francesca ^a   Rizzi, Marco ^b   Ruggeri, Maurizio ^c   Casella, Pietro ^d   Beretta, Gianluca ^e   Raglio, Annibale ^a   Goglio, Antonio ^a  

^a USC Microbiology and Virology

^b USC Infectious Diseases

^c AO Ospedali Riuniti of Bergamo

^d Ospedali Civili   (Italy)

^e San Marco Hospital   (Italy)

^f OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Cerebrospinal fluid; MicroSeq 500; Negative culture; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ABIOTROPHIA DEFECTIVA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 52949119238     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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