Molecular Diagnosis of Bordetella pertussis Infection by Evaluation of Formalin-Fixed Tissue Specimens
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- 1 March 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 44 (3) , 1049-1058
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.44.3.1074-1076.2006
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.Keywords
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