Identification of Streptococcus intermedius central nervous system infection by use of PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4160-4162

  Bhatia, Nisha S ^a   Farrell, John J ^b   Sampath, Rangarajan ^c   Ranken, Raymond ^c   Rounds, Megan A ^c   Ecker, David J ^c   Bonomo, Robert A ^d,e  

^a Illinois Neurological Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; MANNITOL; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CRANIOTOMY; DELIRIUM; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERREFLEXIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOPHOBIA; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 84869217620     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01296-12     Document Type: Article

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