Use of universal PCR on cerebrospinal fluid to diagnose bacterial meningitis in culture-negative patients

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-69

  Margall Coscojuela, N ^a   Majo Moreno M ^a   Latorre Otin C ^b   Fontanals Aymerich, D ^c   Dominguez Garcia A ^d   Prats Pastor, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

^d Subdirecció General de Planificació Sanitaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036178236     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-001-0656-2     Document Type: Article

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