Latex Agglutination Test in the diagnosis of pyogenic meningitis

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-131

  Shivaprakash, M R ^a   Rajagopal, V ^b   Nagarathna, S ^c  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b GovtAyurveda Medical College Mysore   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial CSF culture; Gram stain and LAT; Pyogenic meningitis

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET; GRAM'S STAIN; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; GENTIAN VIOLET; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MICROSCOPY; PHENAZINES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 27944456111     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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