When a Neisseria meningitidis PCR limitation contributes to an immunological disease diagnosis

J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2024 Apr;57(2):340-341. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2023.10.009. Epub 2023 Oct 30.

Authors

Claire Duployez¹, Caroline Loïez², Frédéric Wallet³, Laure Marceau², Myriam Simon⁴, Ala-Eddine Deghmane⁵, Muhamed-Kheir Taha⁵, Anne Vachée⁴

Affiliations

¹ CHU Lille, 59000 Lille, France; Univ. Lille, 59000 Lille, France. Electronic address: claire.duployez@chu-lille.fr.
² CHU Lille, 59000 Lille, France.
³ CHU Lille, 59000 Lille, France; Univ. Lille, 59000 Lille, France.
⁴ Hôpital Victor Provo, 59100 Roubaix, France.
⁵ Institut Pasteur, Invasive Bacterial Infections Unit and National Reference Centre for Meningococci and Haemophilus Influenzae, 75724 Paris, France.

PMID: 37925277
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2023.10.009

No abstract available

Keywords: 16S rRNA gene sequencing; Capsule; Neisseria meningitidis; PCR.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Humans
Immune System Diseases*
Immunologic Tests
Neisseria meningitidis* / genetics
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sequence Analysis, DNA