Bacterial rRNA-targeted reverse transcription-PCR used to identify pathogens responsible for fever with neutropenia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1624-1628

  Sakaguchi, Sachi ^a   Saito, Masahiro ^a   Tsuji, Hirokazu ^b   Asahara, Takashi ^b   Takata, Oto ^a   Fujimura, Junya ^a   Nagata, Satoru ^a   Nomoto, Koji ^b   Shimizu, Toshiaki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YAKULT CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77951851222     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01724-09     Document Type: Article

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