The use of dried cerebrospinal fluid filter paper spots as a substrate for PCR diagnosis of the aetiology of bacterial meningitis in the Lao PDR

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Elliott, I ^a,b   Dittrich, S ^a,b   Paris, D ^b,c   Sengduanphachanh, A ^a   Phoumin, P ^a   Newton, P N ^a,b  

^a Mahosot Hospital   (Laos)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Cerebrospinal fluid; Filter paper; Lao PDR; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FILTER PAPER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; ELUTION; FILTER; GENOME; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIQUID; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PAPER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FILTER PAPER; LAO PDR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LAOS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR TYPING; PAPER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84884708023     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12260     Document Type: Article

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