Polymerase chain reaction as a useful and simple tool for rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in a Brazilian tertiary care hospital

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-247

  Dora, José Miguel ^a   Geib, Guilherme ^a   Chakr, Rafael ^a   de Paris, Fernanda ^a   Mombach, Alice Beatriz ^a   Lutz, Larissa ^a   de Souza, Carolina Fischinger Moura ^a   Goldani, Luciano Z ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; PCR; Polymerase chain reaction; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 54349101076     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702008000300015     Document Type: Article

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