False-negative PCR result due to gene polymorphism: The example of Neisseria meningitidis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4590-4591

  Jaton, Katia ^a   Ninet, Béatrice ^b   Bille, Jacques ^a   Greub, Gilbert ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CTRA GENE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PETECHIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS SEROGROUP B;

EID: 78650058737     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01766-10     Document Type: Article

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