Detection and serotyping of lyophilized nonculturable pneumococcal isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3388-3390

  Modak, Joyanta K ^a   Steinhoff, Mark C ^b   Zaman, K ^c   Islam, Maksuda ^a   El Arifeen, Shams ^c   Saha, Samir K ^a  

^a DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; FREEZE DRYING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

CARRIER STATE; FREEZE DRYING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHERS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84866450693     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01912-12     Document Type: Article

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