Prague Med. Rep. 2018, 119, 61-69

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2018.6

Identification of Etiologic Agents of the Pertussis-like Syndrome in Children by Real-time PCR Method

Shima Mahmoudi1, Maryam Banar1, Babak Pourakbari1, Hediyeh Sadat Alavi2, Hamid Eshaghi2, Alireza Aziz Ahari3, Setareh Mamishi1,2

1Pediatric Infectious Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2Department of Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children’s Medical Center Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3Department of Radiology, Rasool-e-Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Received November 14, 2017
Accepted March 21, 2018

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