Utility of quantitative polymerase chain reaction in leptospirosis diagnosis: Association of level of leptospiremia and clinical manifestations in Sri Lanka

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1249-1255

  Agampodi, Suneth B ^a,b   Matthias, Michael A ^a   Moreno, Angelo C ^a   Vinetz, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYOCARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SRI LANKA;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; BACTEREMIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84859747044     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis035     Document Type: Article

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