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New molecular tools for meningitis diagnostics in Ethiopia – a necessary step towards improving antimicrobial prescription

BACKGROUND: Meningitis remains a top cause of premature death and loss of disability-adjusted life years in low-income countries. In resource-limited settings, proper laboratory diagnostics are often scarce and knowledge about national and local epidemiology is limited. Misdiagnosis, incorrect treat...

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Autores principales:	Bårnes, Guro K., Gudina, Esayas Kebede, Berhane, Melkamu, Abdissa, Alemseged, Tesfaw, Getnet, Abebe, Gemeda, Feruglio, Siri Laura, Caugant, Dominique A., Jørgensen, Hannah Joan
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2018
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6302510/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30572843 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3589-4

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