New diagnostic tools for central nervous system infection

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 338-341

  Ziai, Wendy C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY;

EID: 43249105769     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e3282ff5ba0     Document Type: Review

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