"Stat" multiplex polymerase chain reaction: Its role in clinical microbiology

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-8

  Christie, John D ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAGENT;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EDITORIAL; ENTEROVIRUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84871788934     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPEQUHCJBA8C6T     Document Type: Editorial

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