Multiplex quantitative PCR for detection of lower respiratory tract infection and meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Neisseria meningitidis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Abdeldaim, Guma M K ^a   Strålin, Kristoffer ^b   Korsgaard, Jens ^c   Blomberg, Jonas ^a   Welinder Olsson, Christina ^d   Herrmann, Björn ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649627036     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-310     Document Type: Article

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