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Title: | Easy diagnosis of invasive pneumococcal disease |
Author: | Selva Jové, Laura Krauel, Xavier Pallarés Giner, Roman Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen |
Keywords: | Infeccions per pneumococs Malalties infeccioses en els infants Pneumococcal Infections Communicable diseases in children |
Issue Date: | Jun-2011 |
Publisher: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Abstract: | Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) causes many cases of severe disease and death among children <5 years of age, mostly in developing countries. Before conjugate vaccines can be introduced in developing countries, information about disease epidemiology is urgently needed. The lack of laboratories equipped to perform pneumococcal serotyping leads to the need to send isolates to reference laboratories. Good sample preservation is necessary to prevent samples from arriving at the laboratory in poor condition. We evaluated the usefulness of multiplex real-time PCR from strains and blood samples kept at room temperature on dried blood spot (DBS) filter paper for detecting and serotyping Streptococcus pneumoniae. DBS screening is a reliable method that requires only a small amount of blood; it is used for the diagnosis of several human diseases |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1706.100997 |
It is part of: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011, vol. 17, num. 6, p. 1125-1127 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/124219 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1706.100997 |
ISSN: | 1080-6040 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Clíniques) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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