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• Improved case confirmation in meningococcal disease with whole blood Taqman PCR. (Original Article)

  Authors:S.J. Hackett, E.D. Carrol, M. Guiver, J. Marsh, J.A. Sills, A.P.J. Thomson, et al.From:Archives of Disease in Childhood (Vol. 86, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20023,049 words Article Background: The clinical diagnosis of meningococcal disease (MCD) can be difficult. Nan-culture methods like the previous ELISA meningacoccal PCR improved case confirmation rates, but were not ideal. A Taqman...

• Meningococcal bacterial DNA load at presentation correlates with disease severity. (Original Article)

  Authors:S.J. Hackett, M. Guiver, J. Marsh, J.A. Sills, A.P.J. Thomson, E.B. Kaczmarski, et al.From:Archives of Disease in Childhood (Vol. 86, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20022,723 words Article Aims: To determine bacterial loads in meningococcal disease (MCD), their relation with disease severity, and the factors which determine bacterial load. Methods: Meningococcal DNA quantification was performed by the...

• Ultrasound enhanced detection of individual meningococcal serogroups by latex immunoassay. (Original Article)

  Authors:M.A. Sobanski, R. Vince, G.A. Biagini, C. Cousins, M. Guiver, S.J. Gray, et al.From:Journal of Clinical Pathology (Vol. 55, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20022,753 words Article Aims: To examine A, C, Y, and W 35 Neisseria meningitidis serogroup characterisation by ultrasonic standing wave enhanced latex agglutination tests (USELATs) of clinical samples. In addition, to determine USELAT...

• Paediatric pneumococcal empyema serotypes have not changed following introduction of the 13 valent pneumococcal vaccine

  Authors:MF Thomas, C Sheppard, M Guiver, C Simmister, MA Elemraid, JE Clark, et al.From:Thorax (Vol. 68, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

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• Rapid identification of candida species by TaqMan PCR

  Authors:M Guiver, K Levi, and B A OppenheimFrom:Journal of Clinical Pathology (Vol. 54, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20013,075 words Article Abstract Aim--To develop and evaluate a Taq-Man [TM] polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the rapid identification and speciation of candida species. Methods--Species specific primer and probe sets were designed...