Pathogenesis and diagnosis of human meningococcal disease using immunohistochemical and PCR assays

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 754-764

  Guarner, Jeannette ^a,b   Greer, Patricia W ^a   Whitney, Anne ^b   Shieh, Wun Ju ^a   Fischer, Marc ^b   White, Elizabeth H ^a   Carlone, George M ^b   Stephens, David S ^b,c   Popovic, Tanja ^b   Zaki, Sherif R ^a  

^a Infect Disease Pathology Activity   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Meningococcemia; Neisseria meningitidis; Pathogenesis; Pathology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; FORMALDEHYDE; MENINGOCOCCAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CELLULITIS; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MONOCYTE; MYOCARDITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; THROMBUS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 7244248756     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/3489075U03LMK9AE     Document Type: Article

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