Can broad-range 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid gene polymerase chain reactions improve the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Srinivasan, Lakshmi ^a,b   Pisapia, Jared M ^b,d   Shah, Samir S ^c   Halpern, Casey H ^b,d   Harris, Mary C ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84868191431     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.05.040     Document Type: Article

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