Use of a culture-independent gastrointestinal multiplex PCR panel during a shigellosis outbreak: Considerations for clinical laboratories and public health

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1048-1049

  Prakash, Vittal P ^a,b   Leblanc, Lindsay ^a   Alexander Scott, Nicole E ^c,d   Skidmore, Jaclyn ^c   Simmons, Deanna ^c   Quilliam, Daniela ^c   Chapin, Kimberle C ^a,b,d  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DEVICE; LETTER; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SAPOVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RHODE ISLAND; SHIGELLA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RHODE ISLAND; SHIGELLA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923338338     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03374-14     Document Type: Letter

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