Detection of respiratory pathogens by real-time PCR in children with clinical suspicion of pertussis
- 20 December 2006
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Pediatrics
- Vol. 166 (11) , 1189-1191
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-006-0378-7
Abstract
The use of a multiplex respiratory real-time PCR in patients clinically suspected of pertussis increases the number of pathogens detected.Keywords
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