Use of cerebrospinal fluid and serum samples impregnated on FTATM Elute filter paper for the diagnosis of infections caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae.
Lucila Okuyama FukasawaMaria Gisele GonçalvesFábio Takenori HigaEuclides Ayres CastilhoAna Belén Ibarz-PavónClaudio Tavares SacchiPublished in: PloS one (2017)
The use of FTATM cards for CSF and serum conservation and transport represents a rapid, reliable, and cost-effective alternative that will allow obtaining valuable epidemiological information that would otherwise be lost.
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