Evaluation of five commercial real-time PCR assays for detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in respiratory tract specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2269-2271

  Touati, A ^a   Benard, A ^b   Ben Hassen, A ^a   Bebear C M ^c   Pereyre, S ^c  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

^b BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Univ Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG LAVAGE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE;

HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 67650064602     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00326-09     Document Type: Article

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