Comparison of methods for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6C

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 457-459

  Baek, Jin Yang ^a   Ko, Kwan Soo ^a,b   Kim, So Hyun ^a   Kang, Cheol In ^b   Chung, Doo Ryeon ^b   Peck, Kyong Ran ^b   Song, Jae Hoon ^a,b  

^a Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID)   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

PCV7; Pneumococci; Serotype 6C

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONG KONG; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; KOREA; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUELLUNG METHOD; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE SEROTYPE 6C; TAIWAN; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HUMANS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79952429294     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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