| Literature DB >> 8818907 |
M Hassan-King1, I Baldeh, R Adegbola, C Omosigho, S O Usen, A Oparaugo, B M Greenwood.
Abstract
A multiplex PCR assay was developed to screen blood cultures from children in The Gambia with suspected pneumonia for the simultaneous detection of Haemophilus influenzae type b and Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates. Analysis of 295 blood cultures showed that PCR detected the organisms in all samples positive by culture in two samples infected with H. influenzae type b and four samples infected with S. pneumoniae that were culture negative, indicating that this method is sensitive for detecting these organisms in blood cultures.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8818907 PMCID: PMC229179 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.8.2030-2032.1996
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948