Direct detection and serogroup characterization of Neisseria meningitidis from outbreak of meningococcal meningitis in Delhi

Iranian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-79

  Negi, Sanjay Singh ^a   Grover, S S ^a   Rautela, S S ^a   Rawat, D S ^a   Gupta, S ^a   Khare, S ^a   Lal, S ^a   Rai, A ^a  

^a National Centre for Disease Control NCDC   (India)

Author keywords

ctr A PCR; myn B gene; Neisseria meningitidis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS SEROGROUP A;

EID: 77956998097     PISSN: 20083289     EISSN: 20084447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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