Multilocus sequence typing of Neisseria meningitidis directly from clinical samples and application of the method to the investigation of meningococcal disease case clusters.

Birtles, Andrew; Hardy, Katie; Gray, Stephen J; Handford, Suzanne; Kaczmarski, Edward B; Edwards-Jones, Valerie; Fox, Andrew J

Birtles, Andrew; Hardy, Katie; Gray, Stephen J; Handford, Suzanne; Kaczmarski, Edward B; Edwards-Jones, Valerie; Fox, Andrew J.

Affiliation

Birtles A; Health Protection Agency, Manchester Medical Microbiology Partnership, P.O. Box 209, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WZ, United Kingdom.

J Clin Microbiol ; 43(12): 6007-14, 2005 Dec.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16333090

Subject(s)

Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Meningococcal Infections/microbiology; Neisseria meningitidis/classification; Neisseria meningitidis/genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA/methods; Bacterial Typing Techniques; Cluster Analysis; DNA, Bacterial/analysis; DNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification; Humans; Meningitis, Meningococcal/microbiology; Neisseria meningitidis/isolation & purification; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Bacterial Proteins / Sequence Analysis, DNA / Meningococcal Infections / Neisseria meningitidis Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Evaluation_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: J Clin Microbiol Year: 2005 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United kingdom Country of publication: United States

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