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Evaluation of real-time PCR for diagnosis of Bordetella pertussis infection

BACKGROUND: Nucleic acid amplification of the IS481 region by PCR is more sensitive than culture for detection and diagnosis of Bordetella pertussis but the assay has known cross-reactivity for Bordetella holmesii and its use as a routine diagnostic assay has not been widely evaluated. METHODS: The...

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Autores principales: Knorr, Laina, Fox, Julie D, Tilley, Peter AG, Ahmed-Bentley, Jasmine
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1435912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16556317
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-62