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Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi · Jul 2012
Case ReportsDiagnosis of meningococcal infection by QPCR: detection and quantification of DNA / Neisseria meningitidis.
- Roxana Elena Nemescu, Ramona Gabriela Ursu, Carmen Mihaela Dorobăţ, and Luminiţa Smaranda Iancu.
- Discipline of Infectious Diseases, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Grigore T. Popa-Iaşi School of Medicine.
- Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2012 Jul 1;116(3):888-92.
AbstractWe present the case of a patient with clinical signs of meningococcemia and negative bacterial culture. Microbiological diagnosis was possible only by testing with real time PCR technique the cerebrospinal fluid and blood samples. Both pathologic samples were positive for Neisseria meningitidis by this rapid and sensitive diagnostic method.
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