Pneumococcal DNA is not detectable in the blood of healthy carrier children by real-time PCR targeting the lytA gene

The diagnosis of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) is currently based on culture methods, which lack sensitivity, especially after antibiotic therapy. Molecular methods have improved sensitivity and do not require viable bacteria; however, their use is complicated by reports of low specificity wit...

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Autores principales: Azzari, Chiara, Cortimiglia, Martina, Moriondo, Maria, Canessa, Clementina, Lippi, Francesca, Ghiori, Federica, Becciolini, Laura, de Martino, Maurizio, Resti, Massimo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Society for General Microbiology 2011
Materias:
Diagnostics, Typing and Identification
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3167920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21349984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.028357-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3167920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21349984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.028357-0

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