Easy diagnosis of invasive pneumococcal Disease

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1125-1127

  Selva, Laura ^a   Krauel, Xavier ^b   Pallares, Roman ^c,d   Muñoz Almagro, Carmen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^b Saint John of God Hospital   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMOLYSIN GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VALIDATION STUDY; WZG GENE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79957651394     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1706.100997     Document Type: Letter

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