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Performance characteristics of the polymerase chain reaction assay to confirm clinical meningococcal disease

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  • E D Carrol aInstitute of Child Health, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey, Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK, bDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Liverpool, Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool L69 3GA, UK, cMeningococcal Reference Unit, Manchester Public Health Laboratory, Withington Hospital, Nell Lane, Manchester M20 2LR, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • A P J Thomson aInstitute of Child Health, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey, Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK, bDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Liverpool, Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool L69 3GA, UK, cMeningococcal Reference Unit, Manchester Public Health Laboratory, Withington Hospital, Nell Lane, Manchester M20 2LR, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • P Shears aInstitute of Child Health, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey, Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK, bDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Liverpool, Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool L69 3GA, UK, cMeningococcal Reference Unit, Manchester Public Health Laboratory, Withington Hospital, Nell Lane, Manchester M20 2LR, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • S J Gray aInstitute of Child Health, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey, Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK, bDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Liverpool, Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool L69 3GA, UK, cMeningococcal Reference Unit, Manchester Public Health Laboratory, Withington Hospital, Nell Lane, Manchester M20 2LR, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • E B Kaczmarski aInstitute of Child Health, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey, Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK, bDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Liverpool, Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool L69 3GA, UK, cMeningococcal Reference Unit, Manchester Public Health Laboratory, Withington Hospital, Nell Lane, Manchester M20 2LR, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • C A Hart aInstitute of Child Health, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey, Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK, bDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Liverpool, Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool L69 3GA, UK, cMeningococcal Reference Unit, Manchester Public Health Laboratory, Withington Hospital, Nell Lane, Manchester M20 2LR, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Dr Carrol email: edcarrol{at}liverpool.ac.uk
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Carrol ED, Thomson APJ, Shears P, et al
Performance characteristics of the polymerase chain reaction assay to confirm clinical meningococcal disease
Archives of Disease in Childhood 2000;83:271-273.

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  • Accepted May 4, 2000
  • First published September 1, 2000.
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