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Traceability and distribution of Neisseria meningitidis DNA in archived post mortem tissue samples from patients with systemic meningococcal disease

BACKGROUND: The pathophysiology and outcome of meningococcal septic shock is closely associated with the plasma level of N. meningitidis lipopolysaccharides (LPS, endotoxin) and the circulating level of meningococcal DNA. The aim of the present study was to quantify the number of N. meningitidis in...

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Autores principales: Brusletto, Berit Sletbakk, Hellerud, Bernt Christian, Løberg, Else Marit, Goverud, Ingeborg Løstegaard, Vege, Åshild, Berg, Jens Petter, Brandtzaeg, Petter, Øvstebø, Reidun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5559868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28824331
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12907-017-0049-9