Molecular diagnosis of kingella kingae osteoarticular infections by specific real-time PCR assay

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-68

  Cherkaoui, Abdessalam ^a   Ceroni, Dimitri ^a   Emonet, Stéphane ^a   Lefevre, Yan ^a   Schrenzel, Jacques ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CYTOTOXIN; RNA 16S; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL TYPE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOT PAIN; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; INOCULATION; KINGELLA KINGAE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPTICEMIA; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIOCYTE;

ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOOT JOINTS; HUMANS; KINGELLA KINGAE; MALE; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58149496644     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47707-0     Document Type: Article

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