Use of Robotized DNA Isolation and Real-Time PCR To Quantify and Identify Close Correlation between Levels of Neisseria meningitidis DNA and Lipopolysaccharides in Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid from Patients with Systemic Meningococcal Disease

Volume 42, no. 7, p. 2980-2987, 2004. Page 2982, legend to Fig. 1, line 2: “0.25 IU of LPS/ml of plasma” should read “0.25 endotoxin units (EU) of LPS/ml of plasma.”

Page 2983, Table 2, spanner over columns 4 and 5: “LPS (IU/ml)” should read “LPS (EU/ml).”

Page 2983, Table 2, row 2, column 2: “1.1 × 10⁷” should read “1.0 × 10⁶.”

Page 2983, legend to Fig. 2, line 2: “0.25 IU of LPS/ml of CSF” should read “0.25 EU of LPS/ml of CSF.”

Page 2984, legend to Fig. 3, line 5: “0.25 IU of LPS/ml of plasma” should read “0.25 EU of LPS/ml of plasma.”