A Silkworm Larvae Plasma Test for Detecting Peptidoglycan in Cerebrospinal Fluid Is Useful for the Diagnosis of Bacterial Meningitis

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 701-707

  Inada, Katsuya ^a   Takahashi, Kiyomi ^a   Ichinohe, Sadato ^a   Suda, Hidetoshi ^b   Tsuchiya, Masakazu ^c   Takahashi, Junkichi ^c   Matsuura, Shuji ^c   Kasai, Takeshi ^a   Yoshida, Masao ^d   Endo, Shigeatsu ^a   Sato, Shigehiro ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hasuda Issinkai Hospital   (Japan)

^c FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation   (Japan)

^d Iwate Life Science Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Diagnosis; Peptidoglycan; Silkworm larvae plasma

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; MELANIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARVA; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RELIABILITY; SILKWORM; SILKWORM LARVAE PLASMA TEST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LIMULUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 10744233270     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03439.x     Document Type: Article

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