Use of urine with nested PCR targeting the flagellin gene (fliC) for diagnosis of typhoid fever

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1964-1967

  Kumar, Gopal ^a   Pratap, Chandra Bhan ^a   Mishra, Om Prakash ^a   Kumar, Kailash ^a   Nath, Gopal ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLIC GENE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SUBSPECIES; TYPHOID FEVER; URINALYSIS; URINE VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; FLAGELLIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 84862098874     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00031-12     Document Type: Article

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