Evaluation of real-time PCR method for rapid diagnosis of brucellosis with different clinical manifestations

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-19

  Surucuoglu, Suheyla ^a,c   El, Sibel ^b   Ural, Serap ^b   Gazi, Horu ^a   Kurutepe, Semra ^a   Taskiran, Pinar ^a   Yurtsever, Sureyya Gul ^b  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Diagnosis by PCR; Serological diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BRUCELLA;

EID: 66649094118     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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