The diagnosis of pertussis: Which method to choose?

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-121

  Zouari, Asma ^a   Smaoui, Hanen ^a   Kechrid, Amel ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Culture; Direct fluorescent antibody; Polymerase chain reaction; Serology; Whooping cough

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WHOOPING COUGH;

BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS;

EID: 84859709048     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1040841X.2011.622715     Document Type: Review

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