Accuracy of real-time PCR, Gram stain and culture for Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae meningitis diagnosis

BACKGROUND: Although cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture is the diagnostic reference standard for bacterial meningitis, its sensitivity is limited, particularly when antibiotics were previously administered. CSF Gram staining and real-time PCR are theoretically less affected by antibiotics; however, i...

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Autores principales: Wu, Henry M, Cordeiro, Soraia M, Harcourt, Brian H, Carvalho, MariadaGloriaS, Azevedo, Jailton, Oliveira, Tainara Q, Leite, Mariela C, Salgado, Katia, Reis, Mitermayer G, Plikaytis, Brian D, Clark, Thomas A, Mayer, Leonard W, Ko, Albert I, Martin, Stacey W, Reis, Joice N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3558362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23339355
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-26

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