Role of PCR in the diagnosis of pertussis infection in infants: 5 Years' experience of provision of a same-day real-time PCR service in England and Wales from 2002 to 2007

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1023-1029

  Fry, Norman K ^a   Duncan, John ^a   Wagner, Karen ^a   Tzivra, Oceanis ^a   Doshi, Nita ^a   Litt, David J ^a   Crowcroft, Natasha ^a,b   Miller, Elizabeth ^a   George, Robert C ^a   Harrison, Timothy G ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTUSSIS TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA HOLMESII; BORDETELLA PARAPERTUSSIS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC WARD; PERFORMANCE; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BORDETELLA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WALES; WHOOPING COUGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650726898     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.009878-0     Document Type: Article

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