The utility of the polymerase chain reaction assay for aetiologic definition of unspecified bacterial meningitis cases

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 138-142

  Tuyama, Mari ^a,b   Boente, Renata F ^a   Rebelo, Maria C ^c   Igreja, Ricardo P ^b   Barroso, David E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Estadual de Infectologia Sao Sebastiao   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Haemophilus influenzae; Meningitis; Neisseria meningitidis; PCR; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 42149146682     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000200003     Document Type: Article

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