Neonatal pertussis presenting as acute bronchiolitis: Direct detection of the Bordetella pertussis genome using loop-mediated isothermal amplification

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 347-349

  Nakamura, Akari ^a,d   Sakano, Takashi ^b   Nakayama, Tetsuo ^c   Shimoda, Hiroko ^a   Okada, Yasuyuki ^a   Hanayama, Ryuzo ^a   Nomoto, Katsuhiro ^a   Suto, Tetsushi ^b   Kinoshita, Yoshihisa ^b   Furue, Takeki ^b   Ono, Hiroaki ^b   Ohta, Toshiyuki ^b  

^a National Hospital Organization Higashihiroshima Medical Center   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

B. pertussis; Bronchiolitis; LAMP; Neonatal pertussis

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PIPERACILLIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLARITHROMYCIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PIPERACILLIN; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 59449109770     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-008-0744-8     Document Type: Article

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