Molecular detection methods and serotyping performed directly on clinical samples improve diagnostic sensitivity and reveal increased incidence of invasive disease by Streptococcus pneumoniae in Italian children

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1205-1212

  Azzari, Chiara ^a   Moriondo, Maria ^a   Indolfi, Giuseppe ^a   Massai, Cristina ^a   Becciolini, Laura ^a   De Martino, Maurizio ^a   Resti, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; MENINGITIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 53349083779     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/000935-0     Document Type: Article

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