Use of polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of central nervous system infections;Utilización de la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa para el diagnóstico de infecciones del sistema nervioso central

Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Zambrano, Yelitza ^a   Chiarello, Anna ^a   Soca, Alain ^a   Villalobos, Iris ^b   Marrero, Miguel ^c   Soler, Maritza ^c   Laferte, José ^c   Alvarez, Maritza ^a,d  

^a Laboratorio Genomik   (Venezuela)

^b Hospital Central de Maracay   (Venezuela)

^c Diag Kit CA   (Venezuela)

^d Laboratorio Genomik   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Central nervous system (CNS); Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENTEROVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; VENEZUELA; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, VIRAL; VENEZUELA;

EID: 33846165066     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: 05355133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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