Is PCR testing on blood samples useful or not in the diagnosis of Toxoplasma encephalitis?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 569-570

  Ajzenberg, Daniel ^a,b  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 77954538009     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.04.003     Document Type: Letter

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