Incorporation of Real-Time PCR into Routine Public Health Surveillance of Culture Negative Bacterial Meningitis in São Paulo, Brazil

Real-time (RT)-PCR increases diagnostic yield for bacterial meningitis and is ideal for incorporation into routine surveillance in a developing country. We validated a multiplex RT-PCR assay for Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, and Haemophilus influenzae in Brazil. Risk factors for...

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Autores principales: Sacchi, Claudio T., Fukasawa, Lucila O., Gonçalves, Maria G., Salgado, Maristela M., Shutt, Kathleen A., Carvalhanas, Telma R., Ribeiro, Ana F., Kemp, Brigina, Gorla, Maria C. O., Albernaz, Ricardo K., Marques, Eneida G. L., Cruciano, Angela, Waldman, Eliseu A., Brandileone, M. Cristina C, Harrison, Lee H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020675

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020675

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