Simultaneous detection of Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae, and Streptococcus pneumoniae in suspected cases of meningitis and septicemia using real-time PCR.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on April 01, 2001

Authors

C E Corless1, M Guiver, R Borrow, V Edwards-Jones, A J Fox, E B Kaczmarski

Author Affiliations

1: Meningococcal Reference Unit, Manchester Public Health Laboratory, Withington Hospital, Manchester M20 2LR, United Kingdom.

Associated clinical trials:

Targeted PCR and Acute Endophthalmitis (Targeted PCR) | NCT02850653

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