Molecular detection and speciation of pathogenic Leptospira spp. in blood from patients with culture-negative leptospirosis

BACKGROUND: Pathogenic Leptospira spp. present in the blood of patients with leptospirosis during the first week of symptoms can be detected using culture or PCR. A proportion of patients who are positive by PCR are negative by culture. Leptospira spp. are fastidious bacteria, and we hypothesized th...

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Autores principales: Boonsilp, Siriphan, Thaipadungpanit, Janjira, Amornchai, Premjit, Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Chierakul, Wirongrong, Limmathurotsakul, Direk, Day, Nicholas P, Peacock, Sharon J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3297668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22151687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-338

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3297668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22151687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-338

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