Detection and identification of Ehrlichia species in blood by use of PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 472-478

  Eshoo, Mark W ^a   Crowder, Chris D ^a   Li, Haijing ^b   Matthews, Heather E ^a   Meng, Shufang ^b   Sefers, Susan E ^b   Sampath, Rangarajan ^a   Stratton, Charles W ^b   Blyn, Lawrence B ^a   Ecker, David J ^a   Tang, Yi Wei ^b  

^a Ibis Biosciences Inc   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; EHRLICHIOSIS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS;

EHRLICHIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 75649149490     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01669-09     Document Type: Article

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