Broad-range 16S rRNA PCR with cerebrospinal fluid may be unreliable for management of postoperative aseptic meningitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3331-3333

  Zarrouk, Virginie ^a   Leflon Guibout, Véronique ^a   Robineaux, Sébastien ^a   Kalamarides, Michel ^a   Nicolas Chanoine, Marie Hélène ^a   Sterkers, Olivier ^a   Fantin, Bruno ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 77956815093     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00008-10     Document Type: Article

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