Use of Real-Time PCR to Resolve Slide Agglutination Discrepancies in Serogroup Identification of Neisseria meningitidis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 320-328

  Mothershed, Elizabeth A ^a   Sacchi, Claudio T ^a   Whitney, Anne M ^a   Barnett, Gwen A ^a   Ajello, Gloria W ^a   Schmink, Susanna ^a   Mayer, Leonard W ^a   Phelan, Maureen ^a   Taylor Jr , Thomas H ^a   Bernhardt, Scott A ^a   Rosenstein, Nancy E ^a   Popovic, Tanja ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SEPTICEMIA; SLIDE AGGLUTINATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 9144236850     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.320-328.2004     Document Type: Article

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