A comparison of two molecular methods for diagnosing leptospirosis from three different sample types in patients presenting with fever in Laos

OBJECTIVES: To compare two molecular assays (rrs quantitative PCR (qPCR) versus a combined 16SrRNA and LipL32 qPCR) on different sample types for diagnosing leptospirosis in febrile patients presenting to Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Laos. METHODS: Serum, buffy coat and urine samples were collected...

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Autores principales: Woods, K., Nic-Fhogartaigh, C., Arnold, C., Boutthasavong, L., Phuklia, W., Lim, C., Chanthongthip, A., Tulsiani, S.M., Craig, S.B., Burns, M.-A., Weier, S.L., Davong, V., Sihalath, S., Limmathurotsakul, D., Dance, D.A.B., Shetty, N., Zambon, M., Newton, P.N., Dittrich, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6125144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29092789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2017.10.017

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