Comparison of PCR, culture & serological tests for the diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections in children

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 134-139

  Kashyap, Bineeta ^a,c   Kumar, Surinder ^a   Sethi, G R ^a   Das, B C ^b   Saigal, S R ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND PREVENTIVE ONCOLOGY   (India)

^c Vimal CGHS Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Community acquired; Culture; Paediatric; PCR; Serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PROTEIN P1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 55849151659     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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