Comparison of real-time quantitative PCR and culture for the diagnosis of emerging rickettsioses

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Angelakis, Emmanouil ^a   Richet, Hervé ^a   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   La Scola, Bernard ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA RAOULTII; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; TICK; ANIMAL; BIOPSY; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DERMACENTOR; EVALUATION; FIBROBLAST; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; TIME;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; DERMACENTOR; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859189196     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001540     Document Type: Article

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