Real-time pcr for diagnosis of oculoglandular tularemia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 152-153

  Maurin, Max ^a,b   Castan, Bernard ^c   Roch, Nathalie ^d   Gestin, Brieuc ^a,b   Pelloux, Isabelle ^a   Mailles, Alexandra ^e   Chiquet, Christophe ^a,b   Chavanet, Pascal ^d  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c Auch Hospital   (France)

^d DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e French Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; BACTERIAL GENE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL SWAB; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LETTER; OCULOGLANDULAR TULAREMIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA 16S GENE; SEROCONVERSION; TULAREMIA;

ADULT; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TULAREMIA;

EID: 73949143953     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1601.090793     Document Type: Letter

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