Diagnostic accuracy of two multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction assays for the diagnosis of meningitis in children in a resource-limited setting

• Jermaine Khumalo,

  Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Mark Nicol,

  Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Diana Hardie,

  Affiliations National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Rudzani Muloiwa,

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Phindile Mteshana,

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Colleen Bamford

  * E-mail: colleen.bamford@uct.ac.za

  Affiliations Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6236-879X

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