| Literature DB >> 16517896 |
Kathleen M Tatti1, Kai-Hui Wu, Gary N Sanden, Patricia Greer, John Sumner, Jeannette Guarner, Christopher D Paddock, Sherif R Zaki.
Abstract
Formalin-fixed lung or trachea tissue specimens from four infants and one adolescent who died of respiratory illness were tested for Bordetella pertussis by conventional and real-time PCR assays. B. pertussis was confirmed in all cases. PCR can be an invaluable retrospective diagnostic tool for evaluating archival tissues from patients with suspected fatal pertussis.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16517896 PMCID: PMC1393166 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.1074-1076.2006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948