Realtime PCR Is More Sensitive than Multiplex PCR for Diagnosis and Serotyping in Children with Culture Negative Pneumococcal Invasive Disease

• Chiara Azzari ,

  * E-mail: c.azzari@meyer.it

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's Hospital and University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Maria Moriondo,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's Hospital and University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Giuseppe Indolfi,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's Hospital and University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Martina Cortimiglia,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's Hospital and University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Clementina Canessa,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's Hospital and University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Laura Becciolini,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's Hospital and University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Francesca Lippi,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's Hospital and University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Maurizio de Martino,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's Hospital and University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Massimo Resti

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's Hospital and University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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