Point-of-care laboratory of pathogen diagnosis in rural Senegal.

• Main Authors: Cheikh Sokhna (Author), Oleg Mediannikov (Author), Florence Fenollar (Author), Hubert Bassene (Author), Georges Diatta (Author), Adama Tall (Author), Jean-François Trape (Author), Michel Drancourt (Author), Didier Raoult (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: In tropical Africa, where the spectrum of the bacterial pathogens that cause fevers is poorly understood and molecular-based diagnostic laboratories are rare, the time lag between test results and patient care is a critical point for treatment of disease. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:...