Bacterial meningitis in Burkina Faso: surveillance using field-based polymerase chain reaction testing

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Precise and rapid identification of etiologic agents is critical for improvement in the treatment and prevention of meningitis, and, thus, PCR should be considered for wider use in Africa. Vaccines against Streptococcus pneumoniae, N. meningitidis (including serogroup W135), and H. influenzae type b …
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Authors Parent du Châtelet I;Traore Y;Gessner BD;Antignac A;Naccro B;Njanpop-Lafourcade BM;Ouedraogo MS;Tiendrebeogo SR;Varon E;Taha MK;;
Journal Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't adult adolescent aged middle aged Child Infant preschool Incidence sensitivity and specificity Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods meningitis meningococcal / prevention & control quality control population surveillance* pneumococcal / prevention & control pneumococcal / diagnosis bacterial / epidemiology* pneumococcal / epidemiology haemophilus / diagnosis meningococcal / diagnosis bacterial / prevention & control haemophilus / epidemiology meningococcal / epidemiology bacterial / mortality neisseria meningitidis / isolation & purification haemophilus influenzae type b / isolation & purification pmid:15614687 doi:10.1086/426436 isabelle parent du châtelet yves traore muhammed k taha burkina faso / epidemiology haemophilus / prevention & control

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