Real-Time PCR vs standard culture detection of group A β-hemolytic streptococci at various anatomic sites in tonsillectomy patients

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1177-1181

  Lee, Jonathan H ^a   Uhl, James R ^a   Cockerill III, Franklin R ^a   Weaver, Amy L ^a   Orvidas, Laura J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 56649088194     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.134.11.1177     Document Type: Article

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