Molecular diagnosis of a fatal primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in Guadeloupe (French West Indies);Diagnostic moléculaire d'une méningoencéphalite amibienne primitive à l'occasion d'un cas fatal en Guadeloupe

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-18

  Nicolas, M ^a   De Jonckheere, J F ^b   Pernin, P ^c   Bataille, H ^a   Le Bris, V ^a   Herrmann Storck, C ^a  

^a CHU de Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^b Section d'Epidemiologie   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; French West Indies; Guadeloupe; Hospital; N gleria fowleri; Polymerase chain reaction; Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949874798     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13149-009-0028-1     Document Type: Article

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