Diagnosis of ventricular drainage-related bacterial meningitis by broad-range real-time polymerase chain reaction

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 306-311

  Deutch, Susanna ^a   Dahlberg, Daniel ^b   Hedegaard, Jesper ^c   Schmidt, Michael B ^a   Møller, Jens K ^a   Ostergaard, Lars ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid gene; Bacterial meningitis; Broad range polymerase chain reaction; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Shunt infection; Ventriculitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34548447598     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000255526.34956.E4     Document Type: Article

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