Assessment of the loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in pediatric community-acquired pneumonia

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 539-542

  Gotoh, Kensei ^a   Nishimura, Naoko ^a   Takeuchi, Suguru ^a   Hattori, Fumihiko ^a   Horiba, Kazuhiro ^a   Isaji, Mai ^a   Okai, Yu ^a   Ohshima, Yasunori ^a   Hosono, Haruki ^a   Takemoto, Koji ^a   Iwata, Yasushi ^a   Nakane, Kazumasa ^a   Funahashi, Keiji ^a   Ozaki, Takao ^a  

^a Aichi Prefectural Welfare Federation of Agriculture Co operative Associations Konan Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP); Mycoplasma pneumonia; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Particle agglutination (PA); Rapid diagnosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PARTICLE AGGLUTINATION TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAPID TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROAT CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84888113520     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.66.539     Document Type: Article

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