Comparison of rectal swabs and faeces for real-time PCR detection of enteric agents in Rwandan children with gastroenteritis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kabayiza, Jean Claude ^a,b   Andersson, Maria E ^b   Welinder Olsson, Christina ^b   Bergström, Tomas ^b   Muhirwa, Gregoire ^a   Lindh, Magnus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI BFPA; ESCHERICHIA COLI EAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI ELTB; ESCHERICHIA COLI ESTA; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NOROVIRUS; PATHOGEN LOAD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTAL SWAB; ROTAVIRUS; RWANDA; SHIGELLA;

BACTERIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM; VIRUSES;

EID: 84884599797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-447     Document Type: Article

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