Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
27
March
2017
Publication date Collection: 2017
Volume: 12
Issue: 3
Electronic Location Identifier: e0173948
Affiliations
[1
]Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town,
Cape Town, South Africa
[2
]National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
[3
]Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town,
South Africa
[4
]Department of Paediatrics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Wadsworth Center, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
-
Conceptualization: CB MN DH.
-
Formal analysis: CB RM JK.
-
-
-
Writing – original draft: CB JK.
-
Writing – review & editing: CB MN.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-16-40893
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173948
PMC ID: 5367690
PubMed ID: 28346504
SO-VID: a071577c-f625-4eb8-a163-3aa3305239d4
Copyright © © 2017 Khumalo et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Molecular Biology
Subject:
Molecular Biology Techniques
Subject:
Artificial Gene Amplification and Extension
Subject:
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Subject:
Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Molecular Biology Techniques
Subject:
Artificial Gene Amplification and Extension
Subject:
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Subject:
Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Bacterial Diseases
Subject:
Bacterial Meningitis
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Infectious Diseases of the Nervous System
Subject:
Meningitis
Subject:
Bacterial Meningitis
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Neurology
Subject:
Infectious Diseases of the Nervous System
Subject:
Meningitis
Subject:
Bacterial Meningitis
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Inflammatory Diseases
Subject:
Meningitis
Subject:
Bacterial Meningitis
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Cerebrospinal Fluid
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Cerebrospinal Fluid
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Cerebrospinal Fluid
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Cerebrospinal Fluid
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Nervous System
Subject:
Cerebrospinal Fluid
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Nervous System
Subject:
Cerebrospinal Fluid
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Medical Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Bacterial Pathogens
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Pathogens
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Bacterial Pathogens
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Infectious Diseases of the Nervous System
Subject:
Meningitis
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Neurology
Subject:
Infectious Diseases of the Nervous System
Subject:
Meningitis
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Inflammatory Diseases
Subject:
Meningitis
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Molecular Biology
Subject:
Molecular Biology Techniques
Subject:
Artificial Gene Amplification and Extension
Subject:
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Molecular Biology Techniques
Subject:
Artificial Gene Amplification and Extension
Subject:
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Bacteria
Subject:
Streptococcus
Subject:
Pneumococcus
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Medical Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Bacterial Pathogens
Subject:
Streptococcus
Subject:
Pneumococcus
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Pathogens
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Bacterial Pathogens
Subject:
Streptococcus
Subject:
Pneumococcus
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pharmacology
Subject:
Drugs
Subject:
Antimicrobials
Subject:
Antibiotics
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Control
Subject:
Antimicrobials
Subject:
Antibiotics