Use of blood culture vials and nucleic acid amplification for the diagnosis of pediatric septic arthritis

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 May 15;46(10):1631-2. doi: 10.1086/587754.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Arthritis, Infectious / diagnosis*
  • Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology
  • Bacteriological Techniques / methods*
  • Child, Preschool
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics*
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification
  • Exudates and Transudates / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Kingella kingae / genetics
  • Kingella kingae / isolation & purification*
  • Neisseriaceae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Neisseriaceae Infections / microbiology
  • Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial