Metagenomics in undiagnosed cases of fulminant fever

Affiliations

¹ Laboratório de Genética Molecular de Microrganismos, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brasil Avenue, 4365 - Manguinhos, 21040-360, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: liliane.costa@ioc.fiocruz.
² Laboratório de Flavivírus, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: abispo@ioc.fiocruz.br.
³ Laboratório de Flavivírus, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: rita@ioc.fiocruz.br.
⁴ Laboratório de Flavivírus, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: marcosclm@ioc.fiocruz.br.
⁵ Laboratório de Genética Molecular de Microrganismos, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brasil Avenue, 4365 - Manguinhos, 21040-360, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: anapaulo@ioc.fiocruz.br.

Comment

Liliane C Conteville et al. J Infect. 2018 Aug.

. 2018 Aug;77(2):158-164.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2018.04.013. Epub 2018 May 6.

¹ Laboratório de Genética Molecular de Microrganismos, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brasil Avenue, 4365 - Manguinhos, 21040-360, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: liliane.costa@ioc.fiocruz.
² Laboratório de Flavivírus, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: abispo@ioc.fiocruz.br.
³ Laboratório de Flavivírus, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: rita@ioc.fiocruz.br.
⁴ Laboratório de Flavivírus, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: marcosclm@ioc.fiocruz.br.
⁵ Laboratório de Genética Molecular de Microrganismos, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brasil Avenue, 4365 - Manguinhos, 21040-360, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: anapaulo@ioc.fiocruz.br.

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute febrile illness; Brazil; Metagenomics; Neisseria meningitidis; Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C; Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Comment on

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