The utility of the polymerase chain reaction assay for aetiologic definition of unspecified bacterial meningitis cases
Most patients with acute suppurative meningitis are otherwise healthy individuals with regard to immune mechanisms against invasive bacterial disease. This medical emergency is among the most dramatic and potentially ravaging diseases that affect humans, particularly young children. The illness ofte...
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Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2008-03-01
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Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762008000200003 |