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Practical considerations in using counterimmunoelectrophoresis to identify the principal causative agents of bacterial meningitis.
Many clinical laboratories are currently using counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE) as an aid in the rapid diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. Because cross-reactions among causative agents have been reported, the present study was undertaken to explore the problems that might occur when reference and commercial antisera are used in CIE. Broth cultures of 35 bacterial strains were tested with 76 r...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Microbiology Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1996-0808
DOI: 10.5897/ajmr12.541