Improved detection of bacterial pathogens in patients presenting with gastroenteritis by use of the EntericBio real-time Gastro Panel I assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2679-2685

  Koziel, Monika ^a   Kiely, Rachel ^b   Blake, Liam ^b   O'Callaghan, Isabelle ^b   Corcoran, Gerard D ^b   Lucey, Brigid ^a   Sleator, Roy D ^a  

^a Munster Technological University   (Ireland)

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880639528     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00809-13     Document Type: Article

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