Single tube real time PCR for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Legionella pneumophila from clinical samples of CAP

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-184

  Nomanpour, Bizhan ^a   Ghodousi, Arash ^a   Babaei, Toraj ^b   Jafari, Siroos ^a   Feizabadi, Mohammad Mehndi ^a,c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

CAP; Chlamydophila pneumonia; community acquired pneumonia; Legionella pneumophila; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; real time PCR; Streptococcus pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR PROBE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84863632651     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: 15882640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AMicr.59.2012.2.3     Document Type: Article

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