Real-time PCR measurement of persistence of Bordetella pertussis DNA in nasopharyngeal secretions during antibiotic treatment of young children with pertussis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3636-3638

  Bidet, Philippe ^a   Liguori, Sandrine ^a   De Lauzanne, Agathe ^a   Caro, Valérie ^b   Lorrot, Mathie ^a   Carol, Agnès ^a   Faye, Albert ^a   Guiso, Nicole ^b   Bingen, Edouard ^a   Bonacorsi, Stéphane ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CIPROFLOXACIN; JOSAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE SECRETION; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOOPING COUGH;

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS;

EID: 55849146218     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01308-08     Document Type: Article

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