Value of multiplex PCR using cerebrospinal fluid for the diagnosis of ventriculostomy-related meningitis in neurosurgery patients

Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 621-627

  Rath, P M ^a   Schoch, B ^a,b   Adamzik, M ^a   Steinmann, E ^c   Buer, J ^a   Steinmann, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Neurosurgery University Hospital Essen ^*  (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; External ventricular drainage; Interleukin 6; Meningitis; Neurosurgery; SeptiFast

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEUROSURGERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BACTERIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULOSTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906791179     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-014-0590-8     Document Type: Article

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