Diagnosis of Listeria monocytogenes meningoencephalitis by real-time PCR for the hly gene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3917-3923

  Le Monnier, Alban ^a,b,c   Abachin, Eric ^a   Beretti, Jean Luc ^a   Berche, Patrick ^a   Kayal, Samer ^a,d  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; LISTERIOLYSIN O;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HLY GENE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MENINGITIS, LISTERIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 80355126239     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01072-11     Document Type: Article

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