Comparison of Real Time IS6110-PCR, Microscopy, and Culture for Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis in a Cohort of Adult Patients in Indonesia

BACKGROUND: Bacteriological confirmation of tuberculous (TB) meningitis is difficult. Culture is slow and microscopy has insufficient sensitivity. We evaluated real time PCR targeting insertion sequence IS6110 among 230 consecutive adult patients with subacute meningitis in a referral hospital in In...

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Hauptverfasser: Chaidir, Lidya, Ganiem, Ahmad Rizal, vander Zanden, Adri, Muhsinin, Soni, Kusumaningrum, Tina, Kusumadewi, Inri, van der Ven, Andre, Alisjahbana, Bachti, Parwati, Ida, van Crevel, Reinout
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Online Zugang:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3528723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23284850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052001

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3528723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23284850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052001

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