Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 22-29 , May 2010

Microfluidic platform versus conventional real-time polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in respiratory specimens

  • Elizabeth Wulff-Burchfield

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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  • Wiley A. Schell

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    • ,
  • Allen E. Eckhardt

      Affiliations

    • Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
    • ,
  • Michael G. Pollack

      Affiliations

    • Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
    • ,
  • Zhishan Hua

      Affiliations

    • Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
    • ,
  • Jeremy L. Rouse

      Affiliations

    • Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
    • ,
  • Vamsee K. Pamula

      Affiliations

    • Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
    • ,
  • Vijay Srinivasan

      Affiliations

    • Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
    • ,
  • Jonathan L. Benton

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    • ,
  • Barbara D. Alexander

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    • ,
  • David A. Wilfret

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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  • Monica Kraft

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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  • Charles B. Cairns

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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  • John R. Perfect

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas G. Mitchell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-919-684-5792; fax: +1-919-684-2790.

Received 7 September 2009 ,Accepted 22 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.12.020

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 22-29 , May 2010

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