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Detection of Leptospira DNA in Patients with Aseptic Meningitis by PCR
1998; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 36; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1128/jcm.36.5.1453-1455.1998
ISSN1098-660X
AutoresEliete C. Romero, Ana Elisa C. Billerbeck, V. S. Lando, Eide Dias Camargo, Candida C. Souza, Paulo Hideki Yasuda,
Tópico(s)Leptospirosis research and findings
ResumoABSTRACT Samples of cerebrospinal fluid from 103 patients with aseptic meningitis were tested by PCR for detection of leptospires, and the results were compared with those of the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of immunoglobulin M (ELISA-IgM). Of these samples, 39.80% were positive by PCR and 8.74 and 3.88% were positive by MAT and ELISA-IgM, respectively.
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