Duration of Bordetella pertussis polymerase chain reaction positivity in confirmed pertussis illness

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 347-349

  Stone, Bryan L ^a   Daly, Judy ^b   Srivastava, Rajendu ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Institute for Health Care Delivery Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Pertussis; Pertussis diagnosis; Pertussis infection; Pertussis PCR

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947864544     PISSN: 20487193     EISSN: 20487207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piu004     Document Type: Article

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