Rapid diagnostics urgently needed for killer infections

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 284-285

  Zumla, Alimuddin ^a,b,c   Gant, Vanya ^b   Bates, Matthew ^a,c   Mwaba, Peter ^c,d   Maeurer, Markus ^e   Memish, Ziad A ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^g ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; RIFAMPICIN;

AUTOPSY; AVIAN INFLUENZA A H7N9 VIRUS; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; AWARENESS; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMORBIDITY; COOPERATION; CORONAVIRUS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; FUNDING; FUNGUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SAFETY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; TUBERCULOSIS;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84880046845     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(13)70099-7     Document Type: Letter

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