Cerebrospinal fluid PCR: A new approach for the diagnosis of CNS sporotrichosis

Manoel Marques Evangelista Oliveira; Mauro de Medeiros Muniz; Rodrigo Almeida-Paes; Rosely Maria Zancope-Oliveira; Andrea D’Avila Freitas; Marco A. Lima; Maria Clara Gutierrez-Galhardo; Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008196

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Cerebrospinal fluid PCR: A new approach for the diagnosis of CNS sporotrichosis

Manoel Marques Evangelista Oliveira ,

* E-mail: manoel.marques@ini.fiocruz.br, manoel.marques@ioc.fiocruz.br

Affiliation Laboratório de Taxonomia, Bioquímica e Bioprospecção de Fungos, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7670-9225

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Mauro de Medeiros Muniz,

Affiliation Laboratório de Micologia, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Rodrigo Almeida-Paes,

Affiliation Laboratório de Micologia, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Rosely Maria Zancope-Oliveira,

Affiliation Laboratório de Micologia, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Andrea D’Avila Freitas,

Affiliation Serviço Médico, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Marco A. Lima,

Affiliation Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Neuroinfecções, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Maria Clara Gutierrez-Galhardo,

Affiliation Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Dermatologia Infecciosa, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas

Affiliation Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Dermatologia Infecciosa, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Cerebrospinal fluid PCR: A new approach for the diagnosis of CNS sporotrichosis

Manoel Marques Evangelista Oliveira,
Mauro de Medeiros Muniz,
Rodrigo Almeida-Paes,
Rosely Maria Zancope-Oliveira,
Andrea D’Avila Freitas,
Marco A. Lima,
Maria Clara Gutierrez-Galhardo,
Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas

Published: July 16, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008196

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