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:archives of pediatric infectious diseases
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daniela leite center of bacteriology, national reference laboratory for pertussis, instituto adolfo lutz, sao paulo, brazil; center of bacteriology, national reference laboratory for pertussis, instituto adolfo lutz. av. dr. arnaldo, 351 - 9ºandar, cep: 01246-902, sao paulo-sp, brazil. tel: +55-1130682896, fax: +55-1130819161
roberta morozetti blanco center of bacteriology, national reference laboratory for pertussis, instituto adolfo lutz, sao paulo, brazil
leyva cecilia vieira de melo center of bacteriology, national reference laboratory for pertussis, instituto adolfo lutz, sao paulo, brazil
cleiton eduardo fiorio center of bacteriology, national reference laboratory for pertussis, instituto adolfo lutz, sao paulo, brazil
luciano moura martins center of bacteriology, national reference laboratory for pertussis, instituto adolfo lutz, sao paulo, brazil
tania mara ibelli vaz center of bacteriology, national reference laboratory for pertussis, instituto adolfo lutz, sao paulo, brazil
background: bordetella pertussis is the causative agent of pertussis. in brazil, laboratory diagnosis of pertussis is based on the culture. in 2010, was standardized the real-time pcr taqman® in routine diagnosis. objectives: the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact achieved with the introduction of rt-pcr for the routine diagnosis of pertussis and to compare with the results obtained f...