Rapid diagnosis of meningococcal disease

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1321-1323

  Bourke, Thomas W ^a   Fairley, Derek J ^b   Shields, Michael D ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

meningococcal disease; molecular testing; nasopharyngeal testing; rapid diagnosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NOSE SMEAR; RASH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SORE THROAT; THROAT CULTURE;

AFRICA; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B;

EID: 78650222962     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eri.10.132     Document Type: Review

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