title: [Detection of syncytial respiratory virus in clinical samples using a RT-PCR technique].
abstract: From November 2000 to May 2001, 208 clinical samples were analyzed for respiratory infection. Parallel to the detection of the syncytial respiratory virus (SRV) by solid phase immunoassay (EIA) and rapid culture in shell-vial or conventional tube, a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique was developed. The procedures were complimentary and useful in the diagnosis of respiratory infections due to SRV, both in children and adults.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Microbiología Clínica y Control de la Infección, Hospital de Basurto, Avda. Montevideo 18, 48013 Bilbao.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cisterna
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meabe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: del Nozal
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Butron
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imaz
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D018113:Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction