Multiplex PCR for differential diagnosis of emerging typhoidal pathogens directly from blood samples

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-107

  Ali, A ^a   Haque, Abdul ^a   Haque, Asma ^a   Sarwar, Y ^a   Mohsin, M ^a   Bashir, S ^a   Tariq, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PARATYPHOID FEVER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 57649120872     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808000654     Document Type: Article

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