Rapid diagnosis of invasive pneumococcal disease in pediatric population

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-120

  Picazo, Juan Jose ^a   Contreras, Jesús Ruiz ^b   Ríos, Esther ^a   Culebras, Esther ^a   Rodríguez Avial, Iciar ^a   Méndez, Cristina ^c   Betriu, Carmen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Binax NOW; Invasive pneumococcal disease; Real time PCR; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIN GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BINAX NOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84875586977     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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