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The utility of the polymerase chain reaction assay for aetiologic definition of unspecified bacterial meningitis cases Mari Tuyama; Renata F Boente; Maria C Rebelo; Ricardo P Igreja; David E Barroso PAGE: 138-142 | DOI: S0074-02762008000200003

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Use of sodC versus ctrA for real-time polymerase chain reaction-based detection of Neisseria meningitidis in sterile body fluids Fábio Takenori Higa; Lucila Okuyama Fukasawa, Maria Gisele Gonçalves, Maristela Marques Salgado, Ana Paula Silva de Lemos, Lee H Harrison, Priscilla Lima de Oliveira, Carla Naufal da Silva, Claudio Tavares Sacchi PAGE: 246-247 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108022013020

Invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in the vaccine era in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Mari Tuyama, Jessica Corrêa-Antônio, Jessica Schlackman, Jane W Marsh, Maria C Rebelo, Elaine O Cerqueira, Márcio Nehab, Fabíola Kegele, Getúlio F Carmo, Dominique CA Thielmann, Paulo F Barroso, Lee H Harrison, David E Barroso PAGE: 196-202 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160391

Importance of cerebrospinal fluid investigation during dengue infection in Brazilian Amazonia Region Michele de Souza Bastos, Valquiria do Carmo Alves Martins, Natália Lessa da Silva, Samya Jezine, Sérgio Pinto, Valderjane Aprigio, Rossicleia Lins Monte, Silvio Fragoso, Marzia Puccioni-Sohler DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760180450

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