Mycoplasma pneumoniae: Current knowledge on nucleic acid amplification techniques and serological diagnostics

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue MAR, 2016, Pages

  Loens, Katherine ^a   Ieven, Margareta ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Nucleic acid amplification test; Serology; Technological developments

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTEINASE; RNA 16S G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 84964330442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00448     Document Type: Short Survey

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