title: Application of polymerase chain reaction to the diagnosis of infectious diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Stanford University, California, USA. fredrick@cmgm.stanford.edu
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Fredricks
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Relman
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008583:Meningitis, Haemophilus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012698:Serologic Tests