Detection of bacterial pathogens in Mongolia meningitis surveillance with a new real-time PCR assay to detect Haemophilus influenzae

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 301, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 303-309

  Wang, Xin ^a   Mair, Raydel ^a   Hatcher, Cynthia ^a   Theodore, M Jordan ^a   Edmond, Karen ^b   Wu, Henry M ^a   Harcourt, Brian H ^a   Carvalho, Maria da Gloria S ^c   Pimenta, Fabiana ^c   Nymadawa, Pagbajab ^d   Altantsetseg, Dorjpurev ^d   Kirsch, Mariah ^a   Satola, Sarah W ^e   Cohn, Amanda ^a   Messonnier, Nancy E ^a   Mayer, Leonard W ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health   (Mongolia)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Diagnosis; Haemophilus influenzae; Real time PCR; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONGOLIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONGOLIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79952693872     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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