Evaluation of a novel real-time PCR test based on the ssrA gene for the identification of group B streptococci in vaginal swabs

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 148-

  Wernecke, Martina ^a   Mullen, Ciara ^a   Sharma, Vimla ^b   Morrison, John ^b   Barry, Thomas ^a   Maher, Majella ^a   Smith, Terry ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DILUTION; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERNITY WARD; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA SMEAR;

DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RNA, BACTERIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

EID: 70449366936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-148     Document Type: Article

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