Diagnostic accuracy of loop-mediated isothermal amplification as a near-patient test for meningococcal disease in children: An observational cohort study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 552-558

  Bourke, Thomas W ^a,c   McKenna, James P ^b   Coyle, Peter V ^b   Shields, Michael D ^a,c   Fairley, Derek J ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; BLOOD CULTURE; BOCAPARVOVIRUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGISM; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PICORNAVIRIDAE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE; BLOOD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84928214247     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)70038-1     Document Type: Article

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