The laboratory diagnosis of bordetella pertussis infection: A comparison of semi-nested PCR and real-time PCR with culture

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 619-622

  Abu Raya, B ^a   Bamberger, E ^a   Gershtein, R ^a   Peterman, M ^a   Srugo, I ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SMEAR; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOOPING COUGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862904230     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1327-6     Document Type: Letter

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