Detection of Haemophilus influenzae in respiratory secretions from pneumonia patients by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 366-373

  Abdeldaim, Guma M K ^a   Strålin, Kristoffer ^b   Kirsebom, Leif A ^c   Olcén, Per ^b   Blomberg, Jonas ^a   Herrmann, Björn ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

fucK; H. influenzae; Outer membrane protein P6; Pneumonia; Real time PCR; rnpB

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BEXA PROTEIN; FUCK PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN P6; RNA 16S; RNPB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CULTURE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BODILY SECRETIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 67650741726     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.03.030     Document Type: Article

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