Advanced techniques for detection and identification of microbial agents of gastroenteritis

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 527-552

  Dunbar, Sherry A ^a   Zhang, Hongwei ^a   Tang, Yi Wei ^b  

^a LUMINEX CORPORATION   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Gastroenteritis; Multiplex polymerase chain reaction; Next generation sequencing; Suspension array

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ASTROVIRUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CENTRIFUGATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEVICE APPROVAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROVIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; KOBUVIRUS; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PARECHOVIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; PYROSEQUENCING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SAPOVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TURNAROUND TIME; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GASTROENTERITIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING; SUSPENSION ARRAY;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84881511962     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: 15579832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2013.03.003     Document Type: Review

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