| Literature DB >> 21976768 |
H Yera1, D Dupont, S Houze, M Ben M'rad, F Pilleux, A Sulahian, C Gatey, F Gay Andrieu, J Dupouy-Camet.
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Neurocysticercosis diagnosis is based on a combination of clinical, epidemiological, radiological, and immunological findings. We describe a real-time PCR assay for the confirmation of neurocysticercosis diagnosis in cerebrospinal fluid. The assay, tested on samples from nine patients living in France and diagnosed with neurocysticercosis, had a detection rate of 83.3% and 100% specificity.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21976768 PMCID: PMC3232946 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05839-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948