Comparison of the detection rates of RT-PCR and virus culture using a combination of specimens from multiple sites for enterovirus-associated encephalomyelitis during enterovirus 71 epidemic

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 333-338

  Tsai, Jeng Dau ^a,b   Tsai, Henry J ^c   Lin, Tsai Hsiu ^d   Chang, Yuan Yen ^a   Yang, Sheng Hui ^e   Kuo, Hung Tsung ^d  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Encephalomyelitis; Enterovirus 71; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Virus culture

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENTEROVIRUS 71; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE; VIRAL DISEASE IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE ASSAY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS A; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; EVALUATION STUDY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS A, HUMAN; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 84907272627     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.67.333     Document Type: Article

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