Detection limits in pneumococcal carriage

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 425-426

  Gritzfeld, Jenna F ^a   Gordon, Stephen B ^a   Cremers, Amelieke ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISEASE CARRIER; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL HUMAN PNEUMOCOCCAL CARRIAGE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; LETTER; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84876225183     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31827add5f     Document Type: Letter

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