Loop-mediated isothermal amplification for Rickettsia typhi (the causal agent of murine typhus): Problems with diagnosis at the limit of detection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 832-838

  Dittrich, Sabine ^a,b   Castonguay Vanier, Josée ^a,b   Moore, Catrin E ^b   Thongyoo, Narongchai ^a,c   Newton, Paul N ^a,b   Paris, Daniel H ^a,b,c  

^a MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLEEDING; BLOOD BUFFY COAT; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DIARRHEA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; JAUNDICE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGISM; MYALGIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TYPHUS; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896719790     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02786-13     Document Type: Article

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