Nasopharyngeal bacterial load as a marker for rapid and easy diagnosis of invasive pneumococcal disease in children from Mozambique

BACKGROUND: Current diagnostic methods for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children with suspected invasive pneumococcal disease have limitations of accuracy, timeliness, and patient convenience. This study aimed to determine the performance of pneumococcal load quantified with a real-time...

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Autores principales: Brotons, Pedro, Bassat, Quique, Lanaspa, Miguel, Henares, Desiree, Perez-Arguello, Amaresh, Madrid, Lola, Balcells, Reyes, Acacio, Sozinho, Andres-Franch, Maria, Marcos, Maria Angeles, Valero-Rello, Ana, Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5599037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28910402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184762

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5599037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28910402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184762

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