Accuracy of real-time PCR, Gram stain and culture for Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae meningitis diagnosis
Open Access
- 22 January 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 13 (1), 26
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-26
Abstract
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