Comparison of real-time PCR and a microimmunofluorescence serological assay for detection of Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection in an outbreak investigation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 151-153

  Benitez, Alvaro J ^a   Thurman, Kathleen A ^a   Diaz, Maureen H ^a   Conklin, Laura ^a   Kendig, Newton E ^b   Winchell, Jonas M ^a  

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

^b FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE;

CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84555189790     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05357-11     Document Type: Article

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