Comparative evaluation of culture and PCR for the detection and determination of persistence of bacterial strains and DNAs in the Chinchilla laniger model of otitis media

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 508-513

  Anderson, Kenneth W ^a   Kingsley, Larry A ^c   Aul, Jerome J ^a,d   Wadowsky, Robert M ^a   Post, J Christopher ^a,b   Doyle, William J ^a,b   Ehrlich, Garth D ^a,b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Diagnostic assay; Haemophilus influenzae; Microbiological culture; Otitis media; Polymerase chain reaction; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHINCHILLA; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 7144259077     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949810700609     Document Type: Article

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