Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of melioidosis: Better than we thought

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1024-1028

  Limmathurotsakul, Direk ^a   Chantratita, Narisara ^a   Teerawattanasook, Nittaya ^b   Piriyagitpaiboon, Komson ^c   Thanwisai, Aunchalee ^a   Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn ^a   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,d   Cooper, Ben ^a   Peacock, Sharon J ^a,e  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Department of Clinical Pathology ^*  (Thailand)

^c Sappasitthiprasong Hospital   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79953902011     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir080     Document Type: Article

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