Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae from culture-negative dried blood spots by real-time PCR in Nigerian children with acute febrile illness

OBJECTIVES: Acute febrile illness is a common cause of hospital admission, and its associated infectious causes, of which a key bacterial causative agent is Streptococcus pneumoniae, contribute to substantial morbidity and mortality. We sought to evaluate the utility of real-time (rt)-PCR on dried b...

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Autores principales: Iroh Tam, Pui-Ying, Hernandez-Alvarado, Nelmary, Schleiss, Mark R., Yi, Amy J., Hassan-Hanga, Fatimah, Onuchukwu, Chuma, Umoru, Dominic, Obaro, Stephen K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6131910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30201041
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3770-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6131910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30201041
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3770-2

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